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Ofsted still not ready to scrap ‘outstanding’ grade

Ofsted is still not ready to decide on the scrapping of the “outstanding” grade, more than a year after...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Government ‘developing fundamental British values curriculum’

The Department for Education is developing a “fundamental British values curriculum” aimed at helping teachers train pupils to resist...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Academies annual accounts: 6 things we’ve learned about academy finances

The Department for Education has for the first time published consolidated annual report and accounts for the academies sector....

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Freddie Whittaker
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Wayland Academy Norfolk issued with funding termination warning

An academy in Norfolk will have its funding stopped and be re-brokered to a new sponsor if it doesn’t...

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Freddie Whittaker
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NAO gives ‘qualified’ opinion on DfE’s first academies accounts

The Department for Education’s first consolidated annual report and accounts for the academies sector has been met with a...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Schools CAN finish old computer science test, says Edexcel

Pupils who have already started work on a computer science task that was suddenly replaced by Edexcel can continue with...

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Freddie Whittaker
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School staff to march on parliament over funding cuts

Hundreds of teachers, school leaders and support staff will join a mass lobby of parliament today, in a bid...

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Former Co-op boss appointed to £800-a-day DfE board position

Richard Pennycook, the former chief executive of the Co-operative Group, has been appointed as the Department for Education’s lead...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The winners of the 2017 Pearson Teaching Awards

Eleven teachers and teams from across the UK have been named as the winners of the 2017 Pearson Teaching...

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Freddie Whittaker