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Fact check: What are the links between school exclusions and knife crime?

School exclusions are in the news again this week after a group of police chiefs and London’s mayor demanded...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Leadsom: ‘No exact date’ for delayed Timpson exclusions review

The government is still not ready to say when it will publish a long-delayed review into exclusions, a senior...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Government warns of ‘significant increase’ in cyber crime against academy trusts

School leaders have been urged to take action following a “significant increase” in cyber crime against academy trusts in...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Stoke council ditches pupil movement policy after school rapped for off-rolling

Secondary schools across Stoke-on-Trent have been advised to stop permanently moving their pupils into alternative provision after one school...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Third school rapped for off-rolling had backing of local council

A school criticised by Ofsted for off-rolling its year 11 pupils did so with the agreement of its local...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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MPs ‘disappointed’ as minister claims schools have ‘more money than ever before’

MPs who packed a parliamentary debate on school funding were left “disappointed” with the government’s response after more than...

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Freddie Whittaker
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OECD chief: England isn’t making the most of academies

England’s academies are failing to capitalise on the “best ideas”, says the OECD’s head of education, calling for more...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Critics question winning bid for new model music curriculum

The Department for Education has refused to say how many bids it received for a contract to write a...

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Freddie Whittaker
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DfE won’t issue guidance on ‘exceptional circumstances’ for sex education withdrawal

Headteachers will be left in the “invidious position” of deciding whether they have grounds to refuse parents’ requests to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker