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Church of England academy faces termination over ‘unacceptably low’ standards

A Church of England academy in Lincolnshire faces having its funding withdrawn and being rebrokered to a new sponsor...

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Jess Staufenberg
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NGA: Replace governor exclusion boards with independent ‘tribunals’

Governor boards for reviewing exclusions should be scrapped and replaced with independent “tribunals” of experts, the leading organisation for...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Trust boss demands crackdown on SATs cheating

A no-nonsense academy trust boss has called for a shake-up of how SATs tests are administered – with secondary...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Private school cuts pay if pupil numbers dip

A “low-cost” private school pays its teachers on a profit-linked scale, allowing it to slash wages if it does...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Budget cuts push heads to double up as SENCOs

A headteacher is training as a SENCO in the evenings because her school can no longer afford to employ...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Local governing bodies in academies shouldn’t hold trustees to account, says sector expert

The role of local governing bodies in schools is not to hold trustees to account as they exist to...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Schools pay private companies to teach speedy GCSE equivalents

A private firm is offering schools an £800-per-pupil deal where external staff are parachuted in to teach year 11s...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Academy trust sought to run first ‘secure school’ in Kent

The government is looking for an academy trust to run the country’s first ‘secure school’, Schools Week can reveal....

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Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted bats away claims of favouritism in curriculum research row

Ofsted has batted away claims it favoured ‘knowledge-rich’ schools popular with ministers in its research on good curriculum design....

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg