Schools

Trust hopes code of conduct for parents will end abuse

Surveys show 10 per cent of school staff were threatened or abused on social media last year

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Behaviour

‘Wake-up’ call for schools as weeks of lessons lost to misbehaviour

Government survey finds discrepancy between leaders, teachers and pupils' views on disruption

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Jack Dyson
Schools

Funding plea as children wait ‘years’ for NHS appointments

Almost 230,000 children on community health waiting lists for services like speech and language therapy and autism checks

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Ofsted

Rebroker U-turn after Ofsted rapid return

Norwich school leapt from 'inadequate' to 'good' in just four months

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Governance

Academy governors want greater role in headteacher management

Involving local governors in school leader oversight offers a 'richer picture' of performance, says NGA

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Academies

Primaries form academy trusts as council support dwindles

Prospective chains say 'diminishing' authority help a factor in decision

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Academies

Parent pushback forces academy takeover rethink

Plans to academise Sheffield's last local authority-maintained secondary have been pushed back

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Jack Dyson
Schools

‘Wake-up call’ as primary pupils struggle with maths post-Covid

Younger children still weeks behind pre-lockdown norms, showing PM faces 'many obstacles' in maths to 18 ambition

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Politics

BESA-backed parliamentary group at centre of MP probe

Conservative MP under investigation over potential transparency breaches relating to APPG for education

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Jack Dyson