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Academy boss Richard Gill appointed Teaching Schools Council chair

The Teaching Schools Council has announced an academy trust boss as its new chair. Richard Gill, chief executive of...

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School CPD spending plummets by £23m as funding pressures bite

Spending by schools on professional development for teachers fell by £23.2 million in the space of a year, new...

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DfE’s TV advertising costs £4.3k per shortage subject sign-up

The Department for Education’s TV advertising to boost teacher recruitment cost more than £4,000 for every person who registered...

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Policy Exchange: Deny top Ofsted grades to schools that fail to demand good behaviour

Schools should only be rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ if they demand “higher standards of behaviour” from their pupils, the...

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Schools to get £350m extra SEND funding, but heads warn it’s ‘not enough’

The government will hand councils an extra £350 million in funding to support pupils with special educational needs and...

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Check ‘consistency’ when considering reviews of coursework marking, schools told

Schools that receive requests to review coursework marks will have to judge whether their teachers are marking all pupils’s...

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DfE rejects 7,000 requests by schools to wipe pupils’ GCSE scores

The government has refused nearly 7,000 requests from schools for their pupils’ GCSE scores to be wiped from league...

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Scrapping ‘levels’ led to confusion between schools, warns new research

The removal of national curriculum levels has left teachers struggling to understand the assessment information they get about pupils...

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Big drop in exam security breaches despite high-profile social media leaks

The number of security breaches relating to GCSE and A-level exams fell by 40 per cent this year, despite...

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Jess Staufenberg