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Delays threaten to disrupt refugees’ schooling

Pressure is mounting on the government to allow hundreds of unaccompanied refugee children into the country before September, after…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Government plans to change term-time holiday law

The government will look to change the law on term-time holidays, after the high court backed a father who…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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More primaries set to fall below floor standards after Morgan stats blunder

The number of primary schools set to be deemed as “failing” this year by falling below government floor standards is…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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New apprentice rules will squeeze school finances

Large schools and multi-academy trusts will be forced to employ new apprentices every year after new rules passed into…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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College of Teaching has training oversight ambitions

The proposed College of Teaching wants to be the “gatekeeper of standards for teacher training”, Angela McFarlane (pictured), a…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Teach First goes cross-country

Top graduates training under the Teach First scheme are less likely to be placed in London schools as the…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Steiner school in financial notices to improve

A Steiner school that failed to submit its annual accounts and a university technical college and academy trust with…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Academy chains pursue mass redundancies as budget squeeze spreads

A third academy chain in as many months has told staff across its schools they face losing their jobs…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Financial tipping point will force councils to academise

Proposals to academise all schools in what Nicky Morgan calls “unviable” councils will depend on whether a local authority…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Forced academisation looms for coasting councils

Nicky Morgan last week announced a u-turn over the government’s controversial proposals to force all schools to convert into…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Speed-read: NASBM school efficiency report

A new study published today by the National Association of School Business Management (NASBM) claims to have found ways for…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Perry Beeches superhead Liam Nolan resigns

Superhead Liam Nolan has resigned from his role at Perry Beeches Academy Trust today – paving the way for…

John Dickens
John Dickens