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Angela Rayner: Government ‘wouldn’t survive their own Ofsted inspection’

The government has ignored headteachers and failed to “pay attention” to the fallout from its own policies, Angela Rayner...

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School leaders are being forced out, warns Angela Rayner

School leaders are being forced out of the profession by rising workloads, falling pay and a lack of support,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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‘I trust you to get on with the job’, Damian Hinds tells heads

Headteachers know “better than the Department for Education” how to improve their schools, and should be trusted to “get...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Damian Hinds speech to NAHT conference: The full text

The education secretary was in a conciliatory mood as he addressed his first NAHT union conference today. Damian Hinds...

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Freddie Whittaker
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£5 million sabbatical fund for teachers unveiled

A £5 million sabbatical fund will give experienced teachers the opportunity to take a break from the classroom, Damian...

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Freddie Whittaker
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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...

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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....

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Freddie Whittaker