Schools

Grammar school told to stop demanding tenancy documents 

Rules to crackdown on admissions fraud asked for papers from 'approved letting agent' to 'ensure parents had link to...

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Schools

‘Disastrous’ Birmingham £100m IT system hits school budgets

Schools left in dark about surpluses amid technology issues at cash-strapped local authority

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RAAC

DfE now says ‘reasonable’ RAAC revenue costs WILL be funded

Government updates guidance after original funding snub 'added insult to injury'

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School buildings

Faults (and leaks) force two school closures a day

Collapsed ceilings, 'flying debris' from damaged roofs and overflowing sewage prompt thousands of emergency closures

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RAAC

Fears over DfE RAAC list after wrong leaders ‘threatened’

Calls for audit after leaders wrongly told they had failed to complete surveys, while others unable to edit questionnaires...

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RAAC

RAAC: Labour demands ‘urgent audit’ as thousands of schools unchecked

Call for action as potentially 8,000 sites yet to be checked for RAAC, while affected schools hire marquees and...

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Schools

DfE moves ahead with e-register plan amid attendance crackdown

Electronic register mandate gives education secretary direct access to live absence rates

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Grammar Schools

Ministers intervene to delay grammar schools expansion plan

Council says changes will pave way to admit more pupils into its selective schools

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Ofsted

EEF names former Ofsted boss as new chair

EEF announces new chair to replace philanthropist Sir Peter Lampl, 12 years after he helped found charity

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