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Spring statement: Schools will ‘subsidise businesses’ under apprenticeship levy

Small schools will end up subsidising businesses to the tune of £80 million under plans announced by the chancellor...

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Sponsors found for eight of the 12 Education Fellowship Trust schools

New sponsors have been found for eight schools run by the doomed Education Fellowship Trust, the government has said....

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Freddie Whittaker
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ASCL Conference: Eight things we learned about funding, workload and accountability

Hundreds of headteachers gathered in Birmingham last week for the annual conference of the Association of School and College...

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Ofsted chief ‘not ruling out’ judging schools on teacher workload

The chief inspector of schools is “loath” to commit Ofsted to judge schools on how they manage teacher workload,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Damian Hinds’ ASCL 2018 conference speech: The full text

Damian Hinds, the education secretary, delivered his first major speech to the teaching profession at ASCL’s annual conference in...

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Freddie Whittaker
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School funding is ‘tight’, admits Damian Hinds

The new education secretary has admitted that school funding is “tight” and said it is “vital” for the education...

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Hinds to ‘clarify’ roles of RSCs and Ofsted to ease schools’ confusion

The government will attempt to “clarify” the roles of its schools commissioners, funding agency and Ofsted in order to...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Hinds: ‘We must strip away workload that doesn’t add value’

The government will help schools to “strip away” workload that “doesn’t add value” and threatens the retention of teachers,...

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ASCL: Funding pressures force grammar schools to consider expansion

Funding pressures are forcing grammar school headteachers to consider increasing their pupil numbers to reach “economies of scale”, the...

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Freddie Whittaker