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New sponsors, new uniforms – for £70,000

The failure of one academy trust has left the taxpayer paying up to £70,000 for new school uniforms, exclusive…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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New financial notice to improve letter sent to E-ACT

A second financial notice to improve (FNTI) letter has been sent to E-ACT, a large multi-academy trust that has previously…

Philip Nye
Philip Nye
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Headteacher boards: the full list of elected and appointed board members

Headteacher boards (HTBs) are part of the government’s new ‘middle tier’ of accountability for academies, with each of the…

Philip Nye
Philip Nye
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Private Welsh primary fails in second free school bid

The head of a small private Welsh independent primary school in London has partly blamed her school’s size for…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Jewish school monitors ‘anti-religious agenda’

A Jewish education group has said that it is monitoring signs of an “anti-religious agenda” after a secondary school…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Miliband backs surge in apprenticeships

Schools will have to “lead a dramatic change in education” under a Labour government, the party leader Ed Miliband…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Queen of trucks’ appointed to new headteacher board

A businesswoman known as the “The Queen of Trucks” has been appointed to one of the new headteacher boards…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Immigrant found clinging to school bus

A headteacher has praised his pupils’ reaction after an illegal immigrant was discovered travelling under the school bus during…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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De Souza ‘relief’ after Ofsted investigation clears schools of tipping-off claims

The chief executive of a trust embroiled in allegations of tipping-off over the date of Ofsted inspections has spoken…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Funding agency employees on the rise

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has significantly increased the size of its workforce in the past year, newly released…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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“Whole class interaction” is key to China maths success

Teaching techniques boost the maths results of Chinese primary school pupils compared with their peers in England, a study…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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National director at Ofsted to leave for multi-academy trust

Ofsted’s national director of inspection reform is to take the helm at a Cheshire multi-academy trust at the beginning…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips