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Trojan Horse teachers deny all charges at NCTL hearings

Ten teachers have appeared at disciplinary hearings over allegations of professional misconduct in schools linked to the Trojan Horse…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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EBacc not affecting arts says government – but Design & Technology missing from figures

Schools will be able to excuse up to 10 per cent of pupils from studying the full slate of…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Half of all radicalisation referrals now come from schools, exclusive figures reveal

Teachers are making “knee-jerk” referrals of pupils they feel may be at risk of radicalisation because they are afraid…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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LGA: Allow local authorities to ‘sponsor’ failing schools

The Local Government Association (LGA) is calling for the government to allow local authorities to intervene in underperforming schools….

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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RSC asks school for evidence ‘80% of teaching is good’ and ‘none is inadequate’

A regional schools commissioner has been criticised for requesting an underperforming school to grade its teaching – despite Ofsted…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Regional Schools Commissioner inquiry reveals “inherent” problems

The key performance indicators (KPIs) used to keep regional schools commissioners (RSCs) in check have been published “since day…

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Nicky Phillips


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BTEC completion rates fall, new Pearson figures reveal

The proportion of BTEC First level 2 certificate students not completing their courses has jumped by 73 per cent…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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600 schools selected for Ofqual’s National Reference Test

Letters have been sent to leaders of the 600 schools across the country asked to take part in the…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Catholic schools to shun Islam in new GCSE courses

Catholic schools will no longer teach Islam as part of GCSE religious studies, but will be directed to teach…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Majority of schools will go into deficit in next 4 years, headteacher survey reveals

Two thirds of school leaders claim they will not be able to balance their books in four years’ time,…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Exclusion guidance cancelled by Nick Gibb still not replaced after 10 months

Guidance on pupil exclusions that was withdrawn eight months ago has yet to be updated by the Department for…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Gibb scraps ICT GCSE and A-level after final discussions with competitors

The government announced its intention to scrap GCSE and A-level IT qualifications on the 11th page of a consultation…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips