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Governors sacked and eight staff suspended as exam cheating investigation is widened

An academy trust has sacked a school’s entire board of governors and suspended eight staff amid exam cheating allegations….

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Tradition and innovation: finding the balance

Educationist Martin Robinson emphasised the importance of a balance between tradition and innovation. Speaking at Saturday’s conference, Mr Robinson…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Major report into academy trusts finds conflicts of interest and weak oversight

The education select committee has published an independent report highlighting conflicts of interests at academy trusts and concerns about…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Up to 40 schools face ‘wave’ of Ofsted no notice inspections

Ofsted announced today it is to “mount a wave” of no notice inspections this month in light of the…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Free school decision letters published after two year battle

After a two year battle, the Department for Education (DfE) has published decision letters sent to the first waves…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Social mobility manifesto puts fairer school admissions at its heart

An education think-tank has published its manifesto and calls for school places to be allocated by ballot or ability…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Schools Minister seeks to ‘export’ 100 brilliant school leaders with launch of £14m new incentive programme

A new programme to encourage high performing headteachers to consider less urban and lower performing parts of the country could…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Hunt favours UTC ‘organic growth’ over Adonis target

Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt has highlighted unknown costs and recent failure as a reason to be cautious…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Teaching leadership union reveals findings from the Great Education Debate

The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) are today launching a new publication that sets out the findings…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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NUT executive vote against co-ordinated strike action

A “failed opportunity” is how a member of the National Union of Teachers’ (NUT) executive has described a decision…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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researchED: Evidence will ‘liberate’ teachers – Gibb

Nick Gibb, the Minister for School Reform, today told an audience of teachers, academics and policymakers that evidence was…

Philip Nye
Philip Nye
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researchED 2014: At least two Ofsted inspectors dropped over plagiarism

Two Ofsted inspectors have been dismissed after they were found to have copied and pasted elements of inspection reports. Asked about…

Philip Nye
Philip Nye