News

Trust CEO blames school behaviour decline on ‘dreadful parents’

Boss of prominent trust says 'powerful minority' of parents is 'greatest single problem facing' secondaries

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Jack Dyson
News

RISE teams reveal their regional priorities as new schools named

Government names 170 new 'stuck' schools, where RISE advisers will focus efforts and its local priorities - but is...

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Jack Dyson
Admissions

‘Serious concerns’ as children in care refused places at Catholic schools

Analysis suggests schools in at least seven dioceses give priority to children of their faith before non-religious pupils in...

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Jack Dyson
Admissions

Shut out: How schools are turning away vulnerable pupils

As government considers measures to make schools more inclusive, Schools Week investigates how vulnerable pupils are being turned away...

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Jack Dyson
School improvement

The pitfalls of RISE teams’ new ‘low attainer’ push 

Analysis suggests hundreds of schools could be in line for the targeted help, with most among the most deprived...

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Jack Dyson
MIS

MIS outage leaves schools in the lurch

Major supplier apologises as schools unable to pay suppliers and respond to safeguarding concerns

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Jack Dyson
LocatED

LocatED: DfE to absorb property firm and ‘unify’ teams

Decision comes after government launched review of all arm's length bodies

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Jack Dyson
RISE teams

New school accountability regime: attainment checks and profiles

Government has confirmed new school profiles will be trialled this year, with RISE teams to oversee 'informal' attainment checks

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Jack Dyson
Attendance

Schools should take ‘proactive’ action to get kids back to class, new rules state

Everything leaders need to know from new statutory guidance on children missing education

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Jack Dyson