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Ofsted slams council and diocese at ‘forgotten school’ in five-year takeover limbo

A “forgotten school” waiting five years for an academy takeover has been put into special measures again, with Ofsted...

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James Carr
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Williamson calls for silent corridors and banned mobiles ‘to be the norm’

Education secretary Gavin Williamson wants the school culture created by behaviour policies such as silent corridors and banning mobile...

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James Carr
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1 in 4 parents with SEND children unhappy with school support, Ofsted reveals

A quarter of parents with SEND children don’t think they are offered enough support at school, according to the...

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James Carr
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Expanding trusts issued warning notices over school failures

A quarter of the academy trusts recently issued “termination” warnings after standards dropped at one of their schools had...

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James Carr
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Heads’ ‘impossible situation’: Spielman criticises cuts recommended by Agnew’s advisers

Government advisers told schools to carry out cash-saving actions such as reducing curriculum breadth, which has now been slammed...

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James Carr
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Williamson appoints adviser whose recent report slammed Ofsted

A policy expert who recently co-authored a critical report claiming Ofsted was overstepping its brief has been appointed as...

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Ofsted refuses to say whether senior official ‘approved’ content for curriculum firm

A curriculum provider has insisted a senior Ofsted official “approved” articles in its promotional magazine that featured alongside the...

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James Carr
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Schools running 3-year GCSEs twice as likely to be ‘inadequate’, new report finds

Ofsted has been warned by a former education secretary not to undermine academy freedoms “by the back door” in...

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Schools ‘reducing curriculum breadth’ because of funding pressures, says Amanda Spielman

Schools are “responding to funding pressure by reducing curriculum breadth”, the chief inspector of schools has warned. In a...

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James Carr