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DfE slashes support for future talent fund by £5m

The government will only pay £18 million towards its new “future talent fund”, which is aimed at helping the...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Be ‘cautious’ about mentor programmes, schools told

Schools should be “cautious” about introducing mentoring programmes for their vulnerable pupils because they can do more harm than...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Could Ofsted be about to wipe the grading slate clean?

Ofsted is buzzing with rumours that the grading system for schools is about be scrapped and replaced with pass-or-fail...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Private school fees rise again, and 5 more findings from the ISC Census

Private school fees have increased again, new data published by the Independent Schools Council reveals. The ISC, a membership...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Use CPD funding to boost pupil oracy, MPs told

The government should refocus its £75 million teaching and leadership innovation fund to help boost pupils’ speaking and listening skills,...

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Jess Staufenberg
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The slow speed of emergency academisation

Not a single failing school became an academy less than nine months after an inspection in at least 26...

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Jess Staufenberg
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School inspection changes will save Ofsted £2.3 million

Ofsted will save more than £2 million by giving ‘good’ schools – and those with “serious weaknesses” – an...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Dorset pupil referral units are turning away excluded pupils

Pupil referral units in Dorset are turning away some excluded pupils after the local authority ran out of money...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Related-party transactions in schools: the debate

Schools should be forced to run related-party transactions past the government for prior approval, a powerful parliamentary committee has...

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Jess Staufenberg