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Lord Agnew resigns as Inspiration Trust director

The academies minister Lord Agnew has resigned from his roles at the Inspiration Trust, almost a year after he...

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Education consultancy spending triples in 14 years

Spending by schools on education consultancy increased almost threefold between 2002-03 and 2016-17, according to official Department for Education...

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Freddie Whittaker
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DfE to spend £2.3m on new army of cost-cutting consultants

The Department for Education plans to spend £2.3 million on at least 160 money-saving advisers who will be parachuted...

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Freddie Whittaker
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We’ll help you cut costs, Hinds tells schools

The release of a new government toolkit to help schools cut costs will make headteachers “justifiably furious”, the National...

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Freddie Whittaker
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GDPR and exam results: What do schools need to know?

New guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office about the impact of data protection rules on access to exam results...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The nine organisations that will share £4m ‘alternative provision fund’ cash

Nine pupil referral units, councils and charities will split £4 million from the government’s new “alternative provision fund”, the...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Investigation: Wrongly disqualified school staff waited months to return to work

Blameless school staff were left in limbo and fearing for their jobs for months as a result of unclear...

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Revealed: The nine schools chosen to split £2m and become ‘language hubs’

Nine schools will split £2 million in government funding to become “modern foreign language hubs”, after a scheme to boost...

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Freddie Whittaker
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28 projects to split £10.1 million in strategic school improvement fund round 3

More than £10 million in government school improvement funding will be handed to 28 academy trusts, councils and teaching...

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Freddie Whittaker