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New GCSEs force curriculum trade-off

An Essex school’s plans to restructure its timetable to meet the demands of the new “big fat” GCSEs has...

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School improvement ‘failing’ at Academy Trust of Melksham, says Ofsted

A multi-academy trust in the south west has been criticised by Ofsted for failing to sustain a “good quality...

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Academies Enterprise Trust stripped of two more schools

The country’s largest academy chain has been stripped of two schools – and is in talks about rebrokering more...

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DfE orders fire safety checks to identify schools ‘at risk’ after Grenfell blaze

The government has instructed councils and academy trusts to carry out fire safety checks on school buildings to identify...

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Trust’s shorter summer holiday policy causes rise in term-time absence

An academy trust has abandoned the experimental holiday calendar it introduced to alleviate cost pressures and reduce term-time absences,...

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EEF: New trials launched to test school careers programmes

Two new Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) trials will test how different careers education programmes can boost teenagers’ motivation at...

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Public confused on grammars, research suggests

The public appears to be split about whether government plans to expand grammar schools should go ahead or not,...

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Unions demand ‘urgent reassurances’ on school fire safety after Grenfell blaze

Two education unions have joined with fire officers to demand “urgent reassurances” from Justine Greening about fire safety in...

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INVESTIGATION: Only 1 in 3 new schools has sprinklers – and ‘expectation’ to fit them due to be removed from DfE policy

The proportion of new schools being built with fire-preventing sprinklers has halved to just 35 per cent since 2010,...

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