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Flagship National Citizen Service under fire for £1m-a-year offices

The government’s flagship National Citizen Service trust has been slammed after its rent ballooned by more than ten-fold to...

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‘This is about social mobility’: Academy trust boss defends exclusions record

The boss of an academy trust under the spotlight for high rates of temporary exclusions has insisted strict behaviour...

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Trust praised by ministers tops suspensions tables in Ofsted’s areas of concern

An academy trust praised by ministers tops the fixed-term exclusions tables in four authorities that concern Ofsted Exclusions divide...

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Duvet days boost retention, says academy trust CEO

An academy boss has warned that “machismo” leadership teams are thwarting the wider use of “wellbeing days” – claiming...

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DfE seeks bidders to run comparative judgment ‘alternative’ to KS2 writing test

The government is inviting companies specialising in comparative judgment assessment models to design an alternative to the current key...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Investigation: SEND funding crisis pits parents and schools against councils

Council bosses say pressure on their SEND budgets leaves them at risk of not being able to deliver core...

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Jess Staufenberg
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New method of exams marking ‘could transform’ teacher workload

Grading exam essays using comparative judgment is “significantly” quicker and still as reliable as double-marking them, Ofqual has found....

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EBacc ‘not had much effect’ on MFL uptake, admits DfE official

The EBacc has “not had much effect” on take-up in modern foreign languages, a senior Department for Education official...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted ‘worried’ heads are failing to delegate curriculum design to subject leads

Some headteachers are doing “all the thinking” about the school’s curriculum when they should be delegating more responsibility to...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg