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Series of failings uncovered at religious independent schools after Ofsted steps in

Nearly four in five religious independent schools formerly inspected by the discredited Bridge Schools Inspectorate (BSI) have been rated…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Universities told to stop recruiting PE teacher trainees – and abandon interviews already offered to applicants

Universities have already been told to stop recruiting trainee PE teachers for next year after reaching a newly-imposed cap…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Teacher Banning Orders: Who, Why, and How Many?

Social media: 17 teachers banned for relationships with pupils More teachers than ever before have been banned for engaging…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Top universities ‘rank’ pupils based on attendance at open day

Top universities are telling school pupils that they must attend extra open days or risk lessening their chance of…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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North east heads air exam marking quality grievances with Ofqual

Worries about oversight of exam marking were aired when Ofqual’s chair faced headteachers from across the north east today….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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60 free schools ‘must be found’ for every area

Regional schools commissioners have been told to grant more than 60 new free schools each as the Department for…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Teen arrested after two 15-year-old boys stabbed

A teenager is in a critical condition in hospital after a stabbing at a school in London. The Metropolitan…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Advertising watchdog launches investigation into teacher recruitment advert after 95 complaints

A formal investigation into claims the government’s latest teacher recruitment advert is ‘misleading’ will be launched after it sparked…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Hire more admin staff to reduce our workload, demand teachers

A teaching union has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the impact of workload on education staff –…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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We need your cash, schools tell parents

Schools trying to cope with squeezed budgets are taking the “unprecedented step” of asking parents for regular cash contributions…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Baseline assessment provider Early Excellence admits data ‘anomalies’

The credibility of the baseline assessment chosen by more than 12,000 primary schools could test government plans to hold…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Academies braced for publication of warning notices across the country

Academies across England are bracing themselves for a series of damning warning notices after seven were made public this…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips