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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Jack Dyson
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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Jack Dyson
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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Jack Dyson
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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Jack Dyson
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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Jack Dyson
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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Jack Dyson
News

Catholic turnaround trust gets green light to take on good schools

Government approval for extension into ‘hybrid’ trust means it will become permanent from next year

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Jack Dyson
Schools

ASCL’s election manifesto: 11 stand-out policy proposals

Union unveils proposals for political parties in new election 'manifesto'

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Jack Dyson
News

Half of pupils saw social skills decline during Covid, study finds

Policymakers warn pandemic impact stretches beyond the classroom

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Jack Dyson