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NHS groups backtrack on proposals to restrict autism diagnoses

NHS commissioners have backtracked on proposals to diagnose children with autism only if they also have a mental health...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Oasis academy trust denies encouraging parents to ‘home educate’ disruptive pupils

Twice the number of pupils at an Oasis academy have been “home educated” since the start of the year...

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Jess Staufenberg
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MAT for excluded pupils allowed to expand despite worst Ofsted

A multi-academy trust for excluded pupils will take over a failing school even though Ofsted rated its first school...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Affluent pupils less likely to go to university if they do National Citizen Service

Poorer pupils are more likely to go to university if they do the government’s flagship National Citizen Service (NCS),...

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Jess Staufenberg
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First medical needs-only MAT to open

Two hospital schools will join forces to become the first medical-needs-only multi-academy trust, after turning down offers from mainstream...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Conservatives’ free breakfast pledge ‘costed at just 7p per meal’

The Conservatives have set aside just under 7p per pupil for its manifesto pledge to give all primary school...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Schools should contact exam boards after Manchester terrorist attack

Schools should contact their exam boards about making provisions for pupils who may have been affected by the terrorist...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Schools spend thousands of pounds on ‘question banks’ to improve GCSEs and SATs scores

Schools are spending thousands of pounds on “question banks” to prepare pupils for exams and to improve assessment outcomes....

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Jess Staufenberg
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Academies specialising in excluded pupils under pressure to grow

Multi-academy trusts that specialise in alternative provision are being asked to expand and sponsor new schools as local authority-run...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg