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Consultation launched on inspection plans for unregistered religious schools

Institutions that educate children for more than six hours a week would face Ofsted inspections and could be shut…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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New ‘75% rule’ invoked to save some history PGCE providers

The government has swiftly changed its policy for teacher recruitment as the cap on history trainees comes into force….

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Lord Nash announces return of £75,000 grants for primaries to join multi-academy trusts

The government has brought back grants of up to £75,000 to entice primary schools to join multi-academy trusts (MATs),…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Universities close to reaching cap for trainee history teachers – a week after PE ban

Universities are close to being told to stop recruiting trainee history teachers as they near the newly-imposed cap set…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Fairer national school funding formula to begin in 2017

After years of campaigning, advocates for a national fair funding formula have been told by George Osborne that it…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Spending Review reveals government goal of “ending local authorities’ role in running schools”

In today’s Spending Review, chancellor George Osborne made the strongest statement yet that the government wants to see the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Comprehensive Spending Review 2015: Sixth form academies, UIFSM protection, & goodbye Education Services Grant

Chancellor George Osborne is delivering his autumn statement and the outcome of the comprehensive spending review in the House…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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High Court rules against Nicky Morgan in religious GCSE row

A government claim which suggests schools can meet their legal duty to provide religious education with the content of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Data Demands: Are management information systems a help or a hindrance?

Management information systems (MIS) were introduced in the 1980s to save teachers time. But as the government demands to…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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What is George Osborne’s comprehensive spending review, and what could it mean for schools?

Chancellor George Osborne will tomorrow reveal the outcome of the latest comprehensive spending review. But what is it, and…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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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