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DfE needs to spend £20m to resolve academy land confusion

Department for Education chiefs have no idea how many academy sites belong to the government and have said it…

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Putting UTCs into academy chains is ‘troubling’ claims union chief

Plans to encourage university technical colleges (UTCs) to join multi-academy trusts (MATs) risk giving academy chains a loophole in…

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Nicky Phillips
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‘I’m no puppet’ insists new national schools commissioner Sir David Carter

England’s new schools commissioner Sir David Carter has insisted he is not Nicky Morgan’s puppet and that he has…

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Nicky Phillips
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Closing down: 14th studio school to fold, leaving just 33 open

Another studio school is to shut, the 14th of the 47 schools to close and raising questions over the…

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Delayed exam specifications hold up new textbooks

The late accreditation of new exam specifications could delay subject textbooks being ready for September. Figures released last week…

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Ofqual to get tough on exam re-marks

The exams regulator has given its clearest indication yet that it will get tough on re-marks to end an…

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Schools left with 10 per cent of posts unfilled

The Department for Education cannot successfully predict local teacher recruitment and is “a long way” from being able to…

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Nicky Phillips
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High-needs funding formula will be phased in over 5 years

Proposals have gone out for consultation on high-needs funding for pupils with special educational needs, which will continue to…

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Nicky Phillips
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Academy CEO pay: Salaries soar for (some) academy bosses – while teachers inch up 1 per cent

The heads of some of the country’s largest academy chains have pocketed pay rises totalling more than £80,000 this…

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Nicky Phillips
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Union chief tells teachers to stop being a ‘slave to bureaucracy’

School leaders “take on too much” and must not be “slaves to bureaucracy”, warns ASCL’s interim general secretary Malcolm…

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1,000 new multi-academy trusts needed by 2020, says national schools commissioners

About 1,000 new multi-academy trusts will be created by 2020 with smaller chains having to grow to accommodate more…

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Digital illiteracy is cause of increased teacher workload

Digital illiteracy amongst teachers and a lack of innovation in educational technology is increasing workload, suggests a new report…

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