Schools

£85m quietly slashed from school climate change scheme

Spending watchdog says DfE has 'no plan in place' to meet government decarbonisation targets

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Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Gender row school: Badenoch ‘grandstanding’ over inspection demand

Minister's intervention in gender controversy branded 'unnecessary and unhelpful' by union

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Jack Dyson
Diversity

Diversity progress stalls among largest trust CEO roles

Schools Week diversity audit finds rate of women leaders has flatlined, but more BAME CEOs

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Jack Dyson
Gender

Gender row school: ‘None of our pupils identify as a cat’

School under investigation over gender controversy hopes government guidance will help teachers

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Jack Dyson
RAAC

1 in 10 trusts and councils yet to respond to RAAC survey

Government has even called in MPs to ensure schools are doing checks for the 'crumbly' concrete deemed 'liable to...

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Revealed: Scale of parent shut-out on academy decisions

Transparency concerns as analysis shows just one in 10 advisory boards had public representations

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Jack Dyson
PFI, Schools

PFI payments rise leave headteachers ‘scrimping and scraping’

School budgets squeezed as spiralling inflation triggers £150k PFI hikes

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy trust central teams: The new world of school management

Many CEOs now lead growing numbers of centrally paid - and sometimes well-paid - senior leaders. We explore why...

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Jack Dyson
RAAC

RAAC: Schools forced to close due to ‘crumbly’ concrete ceilings

Four schools told by DfE to shut after finding reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in ceilings

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Jack Dyson