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Ofsted call for school-based nursery provision reveals ‘panic’ over places, claims expert

Ofsted’s renewed call for more places in school-based early years provision is a sign the watchdog is “panicking” over…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Education committee members who went to private school

At least three of the 11 members of the new education select committee attended fee-paying schools, broadly reflecting the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Education Bill 2015: The week in review

As the education and adoption bill crawls its way through the committee stage, Schools Week senior reporter Freddie Whittaker…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Ofsted brands Perry Beeches III free school ‘inadequate’

A free school in Birmingham has been dubbed inadequate and placed into special measures by Ofsted, just weeks after…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Wakefield academy trust praised in Ofsted’s third focused inspection report

An academy trust has been praised by Ofsted for “making a positive difference” for pupils. Wakefield City Academies Trust…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Free schools have three times more unqualified teachers than maintained schools

Free schools have triple the number of unqualified teachers in their classrooms compared to local authority-maintained schools. A total of…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott


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Education bill: What has happened so far?

The government must have the power to warn schools about performance and safety standards because “obstructive” councils “block the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Harpenden free school drops ‘free’ from its name

A primary school is taking the words “free school” out of its name to disassociate itself from politicisation of…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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School budgets: It’s staff that will have to be cut next

The Conservative manifesto pledged to maintain per pupil funding across the lifetime of the next government. Given that other…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Early GCSE schools must teach ‘unaccredited content’

Schools that begin teaching pupils their GCSEs in year 9, as part of a three-year course, are faced with…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Head pleads with DfE to change its mind on legacy GCSEs

The government’s decision not to count 17 “legacy” GCSEs in the 2018 performance tables will have a potentially catastrophic…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Over-50s are fleeing from the classroom

More than 10,000 teachers in their fifties have dropped out of the classroom in the past four years amid…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden