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Deficit gap widens between LA schools and academies

Local authority-maintained schools are increasingly slipping into deficit as funding pressures continue to bite, new research has found. A...

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Failing private schools to get three months to improve or close

Private schools that fail to meet the government’s standards will be given three months to improve or they will...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Reception staff ‘increasingly unpaid and underqualified’, warns EPI

Schools are increasingly taking on unpaid and underqualified reception staff, new research has found. Analysis by the Education Policy...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Where are new Catholic schools most likely to open?

New Catholic schools are most likely to open in London and the east of England if the cap on...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Teachers for pupils in care must have ‘trauma’ training

Schools must appoint and train a member of staff to spot the mental health needs of pupils who have...

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Jess Staufenberg
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WCAT school left without sponsor over £1 million-a-year PFI contract

A private finance initiative contract costing more than £1 million a year has stopped one of the last schools...

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Jess Staufenberg
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United Learning boss rules out taking costly PFI schools ‘ever again’

One of the largest academy chains in England has refused to take on any new schools with costly PFI...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Free school threatens legal action over closure plan

A strapped-for-cash free school has threatened to take the government to court over its decision to close it just...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Private school inspectors are rubber-stamping failing leaders

Private school inspectors are passing certain school leaders even if in their own reports note they are failing, Ofsted...

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Jess Staufenberg