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Cut CEO pay if your finances deteriorate, DfE tells academy trusts

Academy trusts should be prepared to cut executive pay if poor management results in a deterioration of their financial...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Record year for Teach First as two thirds of applicants pass screening

The education charity Teach First has recruited a record cohort of trainee teachers after almost two in three passed...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ban private firms from running special schools, say families affected by sudden school closure

Hundreds of parents want private companies banned from running special schools after a healthcare firm announced plans to close...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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ICO receives hundreds of unnecessary school referrals as leaders struggle with GDPR

The information watchdog dealt with hundreds of unnecessary referrals relating to schools in the year after tough new data...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Review will consider whether headteacher standards should apply to academy CEOs

A review of the government’s headteacher standards will look at whether the guidance should also apply to multi-academy trust...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ex-ASCL boss to lead headteacher standards review group

Malcolm Trobe, the former acting general secretary of the ASCL school leaders’ union, will chair a 12-member panel convened...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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TBAP criticised by Ofsted over AP academy where a third of staff were absent

Ofsted has slammed an academy trust after inspectors arrived at one of its schools to find more than a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Timpson: I expect DfE to fund my review recommendations

The chair of a landmark review of exclusions expects the government to fund proposals put forward in his report,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers likely to consider ‘soft progression’ of excluded pupils, says ex-minister

The government is likely to consider holding schools accountable for the “soft progression” of excluded pupils and not just...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker