Academies

Village primary wins the ‘golden ticket’ for new school

Ninety-pupil primary's move into brand-new site greenlit after plunging birth rates put paid to free school plans

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Jack Dyson
Academies

New academy trust descriptors could stifle innovation

Trust boss fears descriptors could become the 'Ofsted handbook' of the MAT world

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Jack Dyson
Assessment

Rise in pupils hitting top marks in times tables tests

Attainment rises in Year 4 maths assessment - as EHCP gap widens slightly

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Jack Dyson
Academy

From sink to success: how a trust’s leader transformed his schools

Once a humble design technology teacher in Sunderland, Nick Hurn reveals the truth of his schools’ growth and development…...

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Jack Dyson
RAAC

MPs: DfE must commit to funding and deadline to rid schools of RAAC

Public Accounts Committee publishes damning report into government's handling of concrete crisis

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Jack Dyson
Schools

Keegan ‘deeply concerned’ as children miss school to join pro-Palestine protests

Education secretary says 'missing school for activism is unacceptable' as groups stage school strikes

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Jack Dyson
News

Schools shut after extra inspections find hidden RAAC

Cases reignite concerns more primaries and secondaries will be at risk of collapse

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Jack Dyson
Schools

Brighton hopes admissions change will ‘lessen inequality’

The council is consulting on plans to give secondary admissions priority to poorer pupils

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Jack Dyson
Schools

The school hoping to empty prisons and cut reoffending

‘There are no bars, no big steel doors. It’s all very secure, but therapeutic'

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Jack Dyson