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Coronavirus: Trust CEO calls for pandemic relief fund and pledges 20% of pay

The leader of an academy trust is calling on the government to set up a voluntary relief fund to...

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James Carr
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Leaders slam ‘irresponsible’ Pets at Home ‘key workers’ letter

Pets at Home has been branded the “worst type of irresponsible” by education leaders after distributing a letter for...

James Carr
James Carr
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Large trusts outspend council counterparts on staff development

Large academy trusts are spending almost 75 per cent more on staff development at secondary schools than local authorities,...

James Carr
James Carr
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Much Agnew about nothing? No savings possible at one in 10 schools

Lord Agnew’s cost-cutters failed to identify savings at more than one in ten schools they visited, new figures show....

James Carr
James Carr
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Williamson school visits reversing ‘obsession’ with academies

The education secretary is reversing the ‘ideological obsession’ of his predecessors by visiting a wider range of schools –...

James Carr
James Carr
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School raids science cupboards to send goggles and rubber gloves to in-need hospital

A school is raiding its science cupboards and sending anything of use to its local hospital to help battle...

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James Carr
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School leaders lap up controversial MBA apprenticeship

School leaders are taking advantage of a controversial management apprenticeship that education secretary Gavin Williamson is “unconvinced” provides value...

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James Carr
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School rapped for issuing own-brand qualifications instead of ‘uncensored’ GCSEs

An Orthodox Jewish school has been rapped for making pupils sit qualifications of “no value” which result in the...

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Coronavirus: School asks parents to clean toilets to stop outbreak

A school is asking parents to help clean the toilets and plans to make its own hand sanitiser in...

James Carr
James Carr