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CfBT Schools Trust to pull sponsorship from three failing schools so local trusts can take over

An academy chain will pull out of three schools after failing to drive “rapid enough” improvement – allowing trusts…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Education bill 2016: Its 14 clauses and what they mean for schools and academies

The education and adoption bill passed its final stage in Parliament last night. Here is what each clause of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Search for new Ofsted boss launched with £180k salary offer

The search to find the next head of Ofsted has begun, with a potential £180,000 salary for whoever succeeds…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College of Teaching: Crowdfunding bid to release teachers to develop membership model fails

Plans to pay schools to release teachers to help develop the new College of Teaching have been abandoned after a…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Education bill: Labour in last-ditch attempt to stop trusts fighting termination notices

Academy trusts should not have the right to fight termination notices issued to failing schools under new legislation, Labour…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Stoke council to pay trainee maths teacher student loans

Headteachers in a city criticised by Ofsted for failing pupils have secured £1 million of funding to help attract…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Michael Wilshaw: Manchester and Liverpool pupils’ performance could kill northern powerhouse

School performance in Manchester and Liverpool could kill plans for a ‘northern powerhouse’, Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Trojan Horse scandal: Teacher appeals indefinite ban claiming ‘Islamophobia’

A teacher banned from the classroom in relation to the alleged Trojan Horse plot will appeal the decision, with…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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A-level maths standards ‘not as good’ as the 1960s – but equal to 1990s

A-level maths standards have not fallen over the last 20 years but students’ answers are not as good as…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Trojan Horse hearings: Park View teachers banned for ‘undue religious influence’

Two teachers from Park View school in Birmingham have been banned indefinitely from the classroom after being found to…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Key stage 2 writing assessment deadline moved back after union concerns

Schools minister Nick Gibb has u-turned on the date by which primary teachers must submit key stage 2 writing…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Pupils’ views sought for the first time as Ofqual looks at future of marking reviews and appeals

Pupils’ views are being specifically sought by Ofqual for the first time in the regulator’s history as it consults on the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford