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Give WCAT’s leftover cash to schools it left behind, says MP

Money handed back to the government by an academy trust that collapsed two years ago must be returned to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Respect our staff’ – union posters seek to stop pupils and parents abusing teachers

Schools are being encouraged to put up posters to make it clear to pupils, parents and visitors that they...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Keep schools open late to tackle knife crime, says children’s commissioner

Schools in areas with high levels of serious youth violence should remain open in the evenings and at weekends...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy teachers promoted three years earlier than those in LA schools

Teachers in the largest academy trusts are promoted on average three years earlier than their peers in LA-maintained schools,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates to stand down

Chris Keates is to step down as general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union after 15 years in the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust bosses recognised in Queen’s birthday honours

Nine academy trust leaders have been recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours this year, making up a fifth of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust’s PRU was illegal for six years

An academy trust had to register a pupil referral unit as a school after Ofsted found it had been...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Uni regulator insists it has ‘no plans’ to share sensitive pupil data with private firms

The universities regulator says it has “no plans” to share sensitive named pupil data with private companies as parliament...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Features

Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson, headteacher, Anderton Park primary school, Birmingham

Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson’s desk in Anderton Park primary is strewn with cards from well-wishers across the world. A bunch of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker