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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
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Alliance wants to redistribute pupil premiums

Pupil premiums should be redistributed to pupils who are both disadvantaged and have low attainment, suggests a group of…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Hunt: Schools should be free to choose how they do it

In the same week that the coalition pushed military ethos projects, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said that he…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Morale leaps as Morgan moves in

Morale is bouncing back at the Department for Education following the end of a “particularly unpleasant era” when Michael…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Wilshaw fears for stand-alone academies

Ofsted’s chief inspector has criticised a focus on the structure of schools, despite warning that stand-alone academies are at…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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DfE rules on ‘Disqualification by association’ unclear says NAHT

The Department for Education needs to issue clearer guidance on who must be barred from working with young children,…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Ministers back college of teaching

A proposed college of teaching has been backed by the government in an announcement by ministers Nicky Morgan and…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Authorities on target list left in the dark

Authorities on a “target list” for academisation have been unaware that the Department for Education “concentrated its efforts” in…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips