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Ofsted announces fresh clampdown on league table ‘gaming’ after ECDL scandal

Inspectors are still on the lookout for schools attempting to “game” school league tables by entering pupils for “inappropriate” qualifications,...

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Heads welcome calls for minimum entry requirements to university

School leaders have welcomed calls for the government to reconsider introducing minimum entry requirements for all undergraduate courses, in...

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Discovery Learning trust has funding axed after pupil forgotten on school trip

A single academy trust will have its government funding terminated for good after its only school was plunged into...

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Black pupils less likely to get places at church schools than white pupils, research shows

Pupils from ethnic minority backgrounds and disadvantaged pupils are less likely to gain a place at church schools than...

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Mental health reforms don’t realise school is source of poor well-being, say pupils

Planned reforms to mental health services do not acknowledge that school itself is a huge cause of poor mental...

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Revealed: Harris school praised by ministers ‘overaided’ pupils in SATs

A Harris primary school held up by ministers as a shining example of academisation “overaided” pupils in their SATs,...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Citizenship fee causes schools to miss out on pupil premium cash

Schools are missing out on millions of pounds in pupil premium cash because their poorest children cannot afford British...

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Doomed school improvement fund ignored ‘big black hole’ in the north of England

England’s two northernmost counties were overlooked for government school improvement cash because ministers are too focused on the region’s...

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Disadvantaged pupils get just 4.5% of grammar school places

CORRECTION, July 3, 2020: Comprehensive Future has informed us the figures provided for this piece are not accurate because...

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