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Former Conservative MP and academy chief join Ofsted board

A former Conservative MP who stood down after being tainted in the parliamentary expenses scandal has been appointed to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

MATs should be inspected, but it isn’t going to happen any time soon

With more than half of all pupils now educated in academies it is only logical that multi academy trusts...

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FRANK NORRIS
News

Teacher pay deal ‘the worst of all worlds’, say heads

Schools face having to cut their budgets in order to afford next year’s teacher pay settlement, headteachers have warned....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Teacher pay 2019-20: What do schools need to know?

The government has confirmed teacher pay arrangements from September, but schools face having to fund most of the pay...

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Freddie Whittaker
News

Government STRB response 2019: 2.75% pay rise across all grades, but it’s not fully-funded

Pay for all teachers and school leaders will rise by up to 2.75 per cent next year, but the...

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Freddie Whittaker
News

82 per cent of headteachers prefer Hunt to Johnson, poll finds

Four-in-five headteachers believe Jeremy Hunt would make the best Conservative prime minister, a new poll has revealed. A survey...

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Freddie Whittaker
News

Indecent proposals: 111 curriculum suggestions made to schools this year

Schools have been told they should teach pupils how to examine X-rated movies, get a good night’s sleep and...

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Freddie Whittaker
News

£17m on offer for academy trust expansion – but it’ll depend on EBacc entries

The government will hand £17 million in additional funding to academy trusts to help “strong and high-potential” chains to...

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Freddie Whittaker
News

Teachers ‘to get 2.75% pay rise’ – reports

UPDATE: The government has now confirmed its plans for teacher pay in 2019-20. You can read about it here....

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Freddie Whittaker