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‘Systematic failure’ lifts academy trust’s deficit to £2.4m

An academy trust in charge of schools for excluded and vulnerable pupils unknowingly racked up a £2.4 million deficit...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE plans new Gatsby-style ‘benchmarks’ for character education

The government will develop new “benchmarks” for character education against which schools will be required to assess themselves, Damian...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Hinds sets out ‘five foundations’ for character education

Damian Hinds will today set out his “five foundations” for character education, and pledge to improve access to extra-curricular...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Holland Park school warned over head’s £260k salary as minister writes to 28 trusts

A single-academy trust has been ordered by the government for a second time to justify the £260,000 annual pay...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ark English mastery programme and ‘glasses for classes’ scheme get EEF trials

An English mastery programme “incubated” by one of England’s most prominent multi-academy has been selected for a trial by...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Home Office delayed free school meals eligibility checks

The Home Office prioritised checks on pupils’ immigration status over helping schools to identify migrant children in need of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Spielman slams ‘extraordinary’ and ‘unhelpful’ labelling of exclusions data

The chief inspector of schools has backed calls for a shake-up of how exclusions are reported in national data,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers mull planning rules change to create teacher housing

The government is considering making it easier for schools to build on-site housing for teachers. In its teacher recruitment...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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ITT review won’t squeeze out small SCITTs, insists Hinds

The education secretary has denied that he plans to get rid of small-scale teacher training programmes run by schools...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker