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INVESTIGATION: Ofsted saves over £3m by delaying inspections

School leaders blame the struggle to recruit inspectors Ofsted has saved more than £3 million this year by delaying…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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National Union of Teachers will take national strike action over pay and conditions

Teachers will walk out of classrooms on July 5 after nine in ten voted in favour of strike action,…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Sir Michael Wilshaw: I rate my time in office as “Ofsted outstanding”

Sir Michael Wilshaw has graded his time at the helm of the education watchdog as “Ofsted outstanding”. Speaking to…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Sir Michael Wilshaw: Sorry if I’ve caused offence

Outspoken Sir Michael Wilshaw is set to issue a mea culpa later today in a keynote speech at the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Founder of flagship free school and two staff treated public money “as their own” in alleged £150,000 fraud

The principal, financial director and teacher at a flagship free school defrauded the government out of £150,000 and treated…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Teaching Leaders and The Future Leaders Trust charities to merge

Two education charities that provide training courses to develop future school leaders have announced today they will merge into…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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One in five schools lack adequate behaviour policy despite “alarming” number of attacks on staff

More than half of teaching assistants have experienced physical violence at school in the past year, with new figures…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Osborne’s £10 million Mandarin teaching fund not ‘strategic’

A £10 million investment in expanding the teaching of Mandarin could be better invested in language assistants and online…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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School business managers with £5m budgets earn less than £40,000

Two-fifths of school business managers are managing budgets of more than £5 million, despite more than half earning less…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Schools can close early for Euro 2016

Schools can choose to end their day early for major sporting events, despite parent pressure prompting one head to…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Ebacc is leading to pupils being channelled into subject choices

Year 9 pupils are being channelled into subject choices depending on their learner profiles and after being handed specially…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Ofsted’s focus on white pupils hides ethnic minority under-achievement

Under-performing ethnic minority groups have become lost among headlines claiming that white working-class pupils are worse off, an education…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips