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EBacc results 2019: Slight rise in entries and average point score

Two in five pupils in England now enters the full suite of EBacc subjects, new data shows. Provisional key...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School league tables 2019: Languages continue to hold back EBacc entries

The government has released provisional key stage 4 data this morning that reveals how schools have fared in headline...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Spielman: Data focus in ITT inspections may be covering up ‘weaknesses’

Ofsted’s reliance on data during inspections of initial teacher education may be covering up “weaknesses” across training partnerships, Amanda...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unions write to DfE over Brexit school places ‘misinformation’

Government guidance for schools on the rights of pupils after Brexit “lacks clarity”, two unions have warned, after evidence...

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Freddie Whittaker
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43 trusts named and shamed for late financial returns

Ministers have named and shamed 43 academy trusts that were late submitting financial returns in the last academic year....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Queen’s speech 2019: Ministers commit to new knife crime duty for schools

The government will move forward with plans for a duty on schools and other public sector bodies to work...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust in plea for cash as VA school bid remains ‘on hold’

An academy trust struggling to open a new voluntary-aided school is offering “naming rights” to prospective parents who pledge...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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RSCs drafted in to provide ‘insight’ on policy

Regional schools commissioners have new responsibilities to help develop government policy, alongside their work managing academies in their areas....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DWP extends Jobcentre support for schools programme with £7m funding

The government will spend a further £7 million helping pupils at risk of falling into unemployment, employing 90 more...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker