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Trust under financial notice to improve plans staff redundancies

An academy trust issued with a financial notice to improve 18 months ago is looking to make staff redundant….

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Don’t focus on tests, do include high quality photos – says new textbook guidelines

New guidelines for what makes good textbooks include using high quality colour photographs in geography and not preparing pupils…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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East of England RSC warns 7 schools over standards and threatens one with takeover

Seven schools in the east of England were handed warning notices within the space of 5 days, with one…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Anti-Bullying Week: Teachers “ill-equipped” to deal with mental health issues

Seven in ten teachers say they feel “ill-equipped” to deal with mental health issues stemming from bullying, a new…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Ofsted starts talks over more anti-extremism teacher training

Ofsted has started talks with teacher trainers to incorporate anti-radicalisation training into their courses amid concerns that teachers are…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Criminal check needed for access to National Pupil Database

Researchers and businesses applying for access to the national pupil database may be “put off” by new rules demanding…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Fall in GCSE and A level late entries cuts exam bill by £3.5m

Schools have continued to save money on exams, despite an increase in the number of late entrants, Schools Week…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Birmingham’s Baverstock Academy receives warning over ‘financial irregularities’ and oversight ‘weaknesses’

Worries over financial irregularities, weaknesses in oversight and breaches in funding rules have led to a financial notice to…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Northumberland council assigns nearly £10m to scrap middle schools

Four schools are set to close after local councillors voted to replace a town’s three-tier system with two tiers…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Bring back ICT as we know it, say teachers

Thousands of teachers have signed petitions to try to force education ministers to rethink scrapping GCSE and A-level ICT….

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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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