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Dunraven Educational Trust will adopt troubled Durand Academy

A small London academy trust has been lined up to run Durand Academy, after the Harris Federation backed out...

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DfE announces £50m to expand special schools, but the money isn’t new

Ministers will hand councils £50 million to expand special schools and improve existing facilities for pupils with special educational...

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Freddie Whittaker
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National Audit Office: Ofsted faces ‘significant challenges’

Ofsted is now “at the limit” of what it can do with scarce resources, a senior official has admitted,...

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8 per cent of free schools not inspected on time, and 5 other interesting findings from the NAO report on Ofsted

Ofsted’s value for money has been called into question in a damning report by the National Audit Office. The...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted wants to scrap inspection exemption for ‘outstanding’ schools

The government is under pressure from Ofsted to authorise more regular inspections of ‘outstanding’ schools, following complaints to the...

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Grammar schools could get cash for lowering 11-plus pass mark, and 4 other things we learned from Nick Gibb at education committee

MPs have grilled the schools minister Nick Gibb for almost two hours over the government’s grammar school expansion plans,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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DfE ditches year 7 ‘catch-up training’ fund before it even opens

A government scheme which promised schools up to £25,000 each to help improve the literacy and numeracy of year...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Nick Gibb to take MPs’ school accountability questions

Nick Gibb will face questions from MPs about curriculum and assessment, teacher recruitment and retention and school accountability next...

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Delays to compulsory sex education looking more likely

Compulsory relationships and sex education will now “almost certainly” be delayed until 2020, after the government failed to meet...

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Freddie Whittaker