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Catholic diocese defends 20% non-faith admissions at new VA school

A Catholic diocese preparing to open a new voluntary-aided school has insisted its decision to admit a fifth of...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Twofold rise in secondaries losing ‘outstanding’ rating under Ofsted clampdown

The proportion of secondary schools that lost their ‘outstanding’ rating almost doubled last year amid a clampdown on underperforming...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Education becomes third most important election issue for parents

Education has become the third most important issue to parents in the current election campaign, according to new polling....

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Freddie Whittaker
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More small private schools receive top Ofsted grades, but 1 in 10 still ‘inadequate’

Ofsted has reported a 9 per cent rise in the proportion of small private schools rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Schools with lower Ofsted ratings have to provide performance data more often

Teachers in schools rated ‘requires improvement’ and ‘inadequate’ have to report more frequently on pupil performance, according to new...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Labour pledges review of BAME representation among teachers

Labour will launch a “wide-ranging review” into the under-representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic teachers in England’s schools...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Teachers taking on unpaid extra duties to satisfy ‘brutal’ new inspections, warns NEU

Teachers are having to take on additional responsibilities without extra pay under Ofsted’s new inspection regime, the National Education...

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Freddie Whittaker
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‘Galling’ £111m arts premium plan is ‘too little too late’ – Barton

The Conservatives’ promise to fund an arts premium is “slightly galling” and “too little too late”, a union boss...

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Freddie Whittaker

Julia Skinner’s top edu-blogs of the week, 18 November 2019

Governing our schools: 10 years on @NGAEmmaK You would expect changes in most things over ten years, and this...

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