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Heads and governors conflict over who should influence schools policy

Governors and school leaders both believe they, and not the other, should be the biggest influence on school policy,…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Leeds University tells pupils visit day attendance could affect place

A university’s request that pupils attend a visit day during term time or perhaps lessen their chances of a…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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The EBacc Effect: How different ability pupils are pushed to study different school subjects

In 2010 the government added a measure to school league tables. It signalled how many children studied a set…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Special schools ‘invisible’ in teacher recruitment adverts – despite serious shortages

The government’s latest teacher recruitment advertisement could be independently investigated after more than 60 people made complaints. The Advertising…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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The academy trusts paid £850,000 to open schools – but never did

At least 17 academy trusts handed a slice of £7.2 million to take over struggling schools have yet to…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Baseline assessment providers face ‘robustness’ check

Providers of the new baseline tests for reception children are to be subject to an independent study to ensure…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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New study to examine if governors can be assessed on performance

The Department for Education is looking into whether it can measure the performance of governors, it has been announced….

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Regional Commissioners will represent schools in post-16 government reviews

Regional schools commissioners will act as the voice of all school sixth forms in a government review of post-16…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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The future of England’s school system: 9 things we learned from today’s Westminster Education Forum

Some of the most powerful figures in education got together in the same room today to debate the future…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Pupils treated after fainting during remembrance assembly at Outwood Academy in Ripon, Yorkshire

Up to 40 pupils at an academy in Yorkshire have been treated for signs of sickness after a number of them collapsed in…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Michael Wilshaw: Pupils in illegal schools face ‘significant risk of harm’ but closure powers are ‘inadequate’

Arrangements for closing down unregistered schools are “inadequate” and too many children remain “at significant risk of harm”, Sir…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Ofqual: Late entries to GCSEs rise slightly but A-levels at five-year low

Ofqual has this morning published figures on the number of late GCSE and AS/A-level entries for this summer’s exam…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott