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Ofsted to ‘publicly acknowledge’ work of school management teams

Ofsted is to take steps to “publicly acknowledge” the work of entire school management teams, to address a tendency...

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Academy trusts ‘not the only answer’ to inter-school collaboration, RSC admits

Multi-academy trusts are “not going to be the only answer” to collaboration between schools “any time soon, if ever”,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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‘Help us tackle inspection culture of fear’ – Ofsted chief’s plea to heads

The schools community has a “collective responsibility” to tackle the “culture of fear” surrounding inspections, the chief inspector has...

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DfE to draft clearer home education guidance

The government will revise its guidance on home education, the academies minister Lord Agnew has said. According to the...

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£20m crack team of digital specialists to help solve teacher workload

A crack team of digital specialists will be set up in the heart of government to encourage education technology...

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Freddie Whittaker
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NAHT: Senior leader recruitment getting even worse

Schools are increasingly struggling to recruit senior leaders, with the proportion of heads failing to hire a new assistant...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Budget 2017: Greening will write to teacher pay body ‘shortly’

The education secretary will write to the body that makes recommendations on teacher pay rises “shortly”, the government has...

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Council to refer WCAT to police over finance concerns

The leader of Wakefield Council is to refer the Wakefield City Academies Trust to the police over alleged financial...

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Schools will be forced to promote technical education from January

A law that will force schools to let colleges, apprenticeship providers and University Technical Colleges talk to pupils about...

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Freddie Whittaker