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Ofqual reports 23% decline in GCSE grades changed at marking review

The number of GCSE grades changed at marking review this year has fallen by 23 per cent, with 16,749...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Outwood Grange Academies Trust faces legal challenge over isolation booths

A high-profile academy trust faces a legal challenge over claims a pupil at one of its schools spent almost...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Union urges Catholic school teachers to resist academy plans

Teachers at Catholic schools are being urged by their union to resist plans by bishops to academise, even though...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted research finds schools in poorest areas have best curriculum

Ofsted has found schools in the most deprived communities outscored their more affluent counterparts in its new study on...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Spielman: Curriculum research shows we won’t be fooled by leaders ‘talking a good game’

Inspectors will not be fooled by schools “talking a good game” on their curriculum but not turning their plans...

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Jess Staufenberg
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New DfE research shows ‘lasting negative impact’ on attainment of children in need

Pupils known to social services lag far behind their less vulnerable peers at GCSE, even if they are no...

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Jess Staufenberg
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ESFA names 9 organisations to roll out £2.3m cost-cutting consultant expansion

The government has named the nine organisations that will recruit and manage a new raft of cost-cutting consultants to...

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Jess Staufenberg
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DfE to advise teachers on how to speak to vulnerable pupils

Teachers will get advice on “adapting how they speak” to pupils who have been in contact with social services...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Practise what you preach on SEND, Ofsted told

A literacy charity has praised Ofsted for its “unprecedented” intervention on behalf of pupils with special educational needs and...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg