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ESFA pulled £3m funding pledge when academy refused to join a MAT

The government revoked a £3 million pledge to fix a school’s crumbling building because its leaders refused to join...

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Council advised schools against applying for EHC plans

A council has been accused of trying to discourage schools from applying for Education Health and Care plan for...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Computing education in ‘steep decline’ after reforms, warns report

The number of computing or ICT qualifications sat by pupils fell 45 per cent last summer, prompting academics to...

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Opportunity areas suffer from lack of cross-government support, MPs warned

Opportunity areas are suffering from a lack of support from other governmental departments, board representatives have warned MPs. The...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Major private school chain quits Teachers’ Pension Scheme

At least ten private schools are in talks with a school leaders’ union about pulling out of the Teachers’...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Harris schools swamp ESOL exam with native English speakers

A top trust last year entered hundreds of native English speakers into a qualification intended for pupils with English...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Ofqual confirms changes to reviews of coursework marking

Changes to the way schools review coursework marks requiring leaders to judge marking consistency have been confirmed by the...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Co-op Academies Trust slams ‘fundamentally flawed’ Progress 8

A major academy trust has slammed the “fundamentally flawed” progress 8 performance measure for punishing schools with challenging cohorts...

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EPI: 50,000 pupils ‘pushed around school system’ in ‘unexplained’ moves

Nearly 50,000 pupils in a single year group were removed from school rolls for “unexplained” reasons, a major new...

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Jess Staufenberg