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‘Inadequate’ Ofsted report exposes bullying at doomed UTC

Bullying – some of it racial – is rife at a university technical college that announced plans to close...

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School building programme won’t be complete on time after £50m underspend

A flagship government school building programme underspent by more than 64 per cent 2016-17 and will now not be...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Liverpool to get new specialist maths school as university takes up £350k funding offer

A new specialist maths school will open in Liverpool in 2020, the government has announced. The University of Liverpool...

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Freddie Whittaker
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‘Disqualification by association’ rules for schools scrapped

Schools will no longer have to follow controversial safeguarding rules which caused teachers to be unnecessarily suspended from work....

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Freddie Whittaker
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Spielman: Ofsted inspectors know Progress 8 ‘isn’t perfect’

Ofsted inspectors know that progress scores don’t “paint the whole picture” of school quality, Amanda Spielman has said today,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Teachers are responsible for a tenth of serious LGBT bullying incidents in schools

The government has announced a series of measures to help LGBT pupils in schools, after new statistics revealed that...

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Freddie Whittaker
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DfE silent on grammar schools consultation response omissions

The Department for Education is refusing to name the 16 campaign groups whose responses to the grammar school consultation...

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Freddie Whittaker
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UTC@Harbourside is the ninth UTC to close

Another university technical college will close next year, taking the total to nine. UTC@Harbourside, based in Newhaven in East...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Public accounts chair wants schools to publish clearer financial information online

Schools should have to publish more financial information about themselves on their websites to make it easier for parents...

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Freddie Whittaker