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The 4 things academies will have to prove to open a sixth form

The government has updated its guidance for open academies trying to make “significant changes”. The release follows a campaign by…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Baseline test provider criticises ‘embarrassing policy cock-up’

Providers of baseline reception tests say the government’s jettisoning of the progress measure is an “embarrassing policy cock-up”. The…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Superheads: the true cost to schools

Superheads may lift results when they take over failing schools, but what happens when they leave? Laura McInerney reports…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Early years teacher training courses withdrawn

Two universities have pulled their early years teacher training courses just five months before the start of the next…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Perry Beeches saga: who was involved

As schools broke up for Easter, the government published the explosive findings of its investigation into financial mismanagement at…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Ofsted’s top primaries ‘socially selective’

Schools with the best Ofsted ratings are more likely to socially select their pupils from higher-income families, a new…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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IFS: Spending gap between rich and poor schools has doubled in 20 years

The gap in spending on pupils between the poorest and richest schools in England has doubled over the past…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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New academies will not be forced to join multi-academy trusts

Successful schools will not be forced to join multi-academy trusts, Nicky Morgan has confirmed, but they will have to…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Special and alternative provision schools face downturn in Ofsted grades

There has been a 155 per cent increase in the number of special and alternative provision schools rated as…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Nash: Schools commissioners’ transparency documents will be published ‘this month’

Long-awaited transparency information about the country’s nine schools commissioners will be published by the government this month, finally fulfilling…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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St Aldhelm’s Academy: The school that got better with walls

No school managed to go from inadequate to outstanding in the spring term, Ofsted figures published today reveal. However, published…

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Schools Week Reporter
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Politicians to discuss lack of creative arts subjects in EBacc

Politicians will discuss the lack of creative subjects in the government’s new EBacc after a drama teacher’s petition was…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford