SATs

Capita ‘rewarded’ for 2022 SATs chaos as £1.5m shaved off penalty

Ministers waive part of permitted fee for outsourcing giant to 'de-risk delivery for future test cycles'

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Jack Dyson
Schools

Support staff needed to ease teacher workload crisis, says DfE study

Government-commissioned report calls for more 'curriculum support officers' to help teachers with admin

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Sheffield school ‘in control of destiny’ as academy order torn up

Head hails 'rare achievement' for school that recovered from 'inadequate' Ofsted report in less than a year

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy transfers rise following Covid lull

And more switches are being triggered by trusts themselves, new data shows

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Jack Dyson
ESFA

12 ESFA staff get £50k+ exit packages amid restructure

Annual accounts of funding agency also reveal how £5.8m in debts owed by academies have been written-off

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Jack Dyson
RAAC

School with RAAC ‘might not be repaired for four years’

Pupils currently being bussed to separate school as primary shut for months

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Schools

What’s new in the DfE’s expanded reading framework?

Updated guidelines suggest in-class 'influencers' could get more children reading

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Jack Dyson
Schools

Trust reviews policies after CEO’s ‘premium’ Apple event flights

Auditors flag 'financial issue' after trust forked out £1k for journey

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Ministers urged to add ‘depth’ to trust accountability assessments

Leaders sound caution over using 'quantitative measures' to compare chains

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Jack Dyson