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‘Gross intellectual snobbery’ – former Ofsted strategy chief hits back at academy CEOs

Claims by leading academy bosses that Ofsted’s new inspection regime favours middle-class pupils have been dismissed as “nonsense” by...

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Former Tory policy chief to advise Gavin Williamson at DfE

Former Conservative Party researcher and policy chief Innes Taylor has been appointed as a special adviser at the Department...

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Single-school academy trust head’s pay soars to £280k

The head of an academy trust with just one school saw his pay rise to at least £280,000 last...

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DfE plans to lift inspection exemption for ‘outstanding’ schools from September

Gavin Williamson has vowed to send Ofsted inspectors into every ‘outstanding’-rated school in England within five years, as he...

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Could exams be marked by AI? Ofqual launches ‘exciting’ competition

The exams regulator Ofqual is launching a competition to find out if exams can be marked by artificial intelligence....

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Academies ‘haven’t worked everywhere’, admits former government policy adviser

A policy adviser who worked on the government’s academies programme has admitted the schools “have not, at least yet,...

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Government ‘committed’ to Erasmus+ scheme despite commons vote outcome

The government has claimed it remains committed to the Erasmus+ programme, despite most of its MPs having voted against...

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Make language learning compulsory at KS4, says think tank

The government should force all pupils to learn a foreign language during key stage 4, a new report by...

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Publish data on all pupil moves to stop schools using ‘tricks’ to hide exclusions – think tank

Ministers are facing calls to publish data on all pupil moves into alternative provision, not just permanent exclusions, after...

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