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Mental health commission for schools in North East will tackle ‘pressing concerns’

Plans for a commission designed to tackle mental health issues affecting schoolchildren across the North East have been announced…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Heads can decide if pupils will sit national reference tests, Ofqual confirms

Headteachers will get the final say on which pupils sit new national reference tests and schools will get two…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Councils publish ‘unfinished’ local offers for children with SEND

Many local authorities appear to be publishing inadequate information on provision for children with special educational needs (SEND) including…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Schools and businesses favour return of compulsory work experience, survey finds

School leaders and businesses have joined voices today to urge the Government to bring back compulsory work experience for…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Tauheedul Education Trust set to takeover non-faith schools in Blackpool and Bradford

An academy trust that runs ten Muslim faith-based schools is set to take over three non-faith community secondaries in…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Academy head recruits maths teacher from Brooklyn amid concerns that new GCSEs are “too hard”

The head of a north London academy said he was forced to hire a maths teacher from America and…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Ofsted consults on plans for SEND local area reviews

Ofsted will join up with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to evaluate how well children and young people with…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Derby City Council publishes information on 700 school posts amid pay review saga

Details that could reveal the salaries of hundreds of school staff caught up in a controversial equal pay review…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Financial irregularity concerns raised at academy trust praised by David Cameron

The government is investigating an allegation of financial irregularity at an academy trust previously praised by Prime Minister David…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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New chair of the National College of Teaching and Leadership announced

The new chair of the National College of Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) has been announced. Roger Pope, principal of…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Call for schools to stop dyspraxic girls “slipping through the net”

Schools have been urged to help address a “significant gap” in the diagnosis of dyspraxia among girls after a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Workload expert group members mostly from schools in the south

The geographical spread of schools represented in the government’s newest working groups has again raised concerns about the north-south…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips