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DfE’s new ‘principles for a clear and simple accountability system’ – the full text

New ‘principles’ for school accountability have been published by the Department for Education. The document sets out how the...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Hinds announces sweeping school accountability changes

Schools deemed coasting will no longer face the threat of forced academisation or a change of sponsor following a...

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Freddie Whittaker
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£10m Northern Powerhouse education fund ‘not spent’

A £10 million fund set up more than three years ago to improve education in the north of England...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Doomed free school handed £250k to help it close

The government gave more than £250,000 to a doomed free school to help it close down, new documents reveal....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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The Bright Tribe Files: Parents and staff blamed by trust over Whitehaven fiasco

The trust blamed for tumbledown buildings and terrible results at Whitehaven Academy has tried to blame the school’s problems...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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The Bright Tribe Files: What’s going on at the under-fire academy trust?

The inner workings of one of the country’s most controversial academy trusts have been laid bare in the minutes...

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Freddie Whittaker
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The Bright Tribe Files: Conflict of interest warning over Manchester UTC link

A multi-millionaire property developer is facing criticism for a conflict of interest between two academy trusts he ran. Michael...

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Freddie Whittaker
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The Bright Tribe Files: Northumberland council takes legal action

Northumberland county council has launched legal action to recover £230,000 given to Bright Tribe academy trust to take on...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Leo Shapiro steps down as OCR chief executive

Leo Shapiro, the chief executive of exam board OCR, has stepped down after less than two years in post....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker