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EBacc: Entry and achievement rates down

The proportion of pupils entering and achieving the EBacc has fallen this year, government data shows. In 2017, 38.1...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Headteacher board elections: the results

The Department for Education has announced the winners of the second elections to its headteacher boards. The eight boards...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted publishes curriculum review preliminary findings

Schools are narrowing the primary curriculum by placing “too great a focus” on preparing for SATs, an investigation by...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: New sponsors for WCAT’s schools

New sponsors for the 21 schools given up by the troubled Wakefield City Academies Trust have been provisionally named....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government approves new teacher apprenticeship

The government has officially rubber-stamped proposals for a new apprenticeship for teachers, Schools Week can reveal. The Institute for...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools are meeting more careers advice benchmarks

Schools are falling short of government-endorsed standards for good careers advice, despite a slight improvement in recent years, new...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Opportunity area plans – what do schools need to know?

The government has released plans for the first six of its “opportunity areas”. The plans set out how each...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Subject choices are guided by enjoyment and usefulness over difficulty, Ofqual research finds

Subject difficulty is “the lesser of three concerns” for pupils when choosing what to study, a report by the...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Government delays land valuations — leaving schools to foot the bill

The government has pushed back a planned valuation of academy land and buildings until January, leaving some schools facing...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker