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Commissioners must convert schools

The performance of regional schools commissioners will be judged by how many schools in their areas convert to academy…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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It’s up to heads to decide on PSHE, says Gibb

Schools minister Nick Gibb has ruled out making personal, social and health education (PSHE) and sex and relationships education…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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New GCSEs face lack of invigilators

A top exams officer has warned of a shortage of invigilators when the GCSE reforms come into force. Andrew…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Academy trust taken off ‘pause list’ and given green light to expand

An academy trust has spoken of its plans to expand after being removed from the Department for Education’s (DfE)…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Board votes to remove Cuckoo Hall chair

An academies trust director suspended amid allegations of misconduct has broken his silence after the chair who suspended him…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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School travel fund for local authorities cut by £6m

The government has slashed school travel funding by £6 million, forcing local authorities to consider making cuts elsewhere. On…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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A million more infants take up free meals as policy hailed a success

Official figures show that 1.3 million more children now eat free school meals since the introduction in September of…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Exclusive: Chair who ordered heads’ suspensions removed from Cuckoo Hall trust board

An academy trust chair responsible for the suspension of two headteachers and a director has been removed from her…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Head at centre of ‘misconduct’ allegations proclaims her innocence as she quits Floreat board

A headteacher at the centre of an investigation into allegations of “gross misconduct” at a north London academies trust…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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More schools hit with exam malpractice penalties

The number of school and colleges issued with penalties for exam malpractice increased sharply this summer, newly released figures…

Philip Nye
Philip Nye
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Head made £40,000 ‘irregular’ payments, says EFA

A headteacher took more than £700 worth of alcohol from his school and made almost £40,000 of “irregular” payments…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Cameron needs to rethink maths and science plan

Plans to train an extra 17,500 maths and physics teachers at a cost of £67 million have been met…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips