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Fact Check: Is Brent Council the ‘first’ to allow multi-belief assemblies?

Several national newspapers this week reported Brent Council as the first in Britain to allow multi-belief school assemblies in...

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Sir Michael Wilshaw joins board of Education Policy Institute

Sir Michael Wilshaw has become a trustee at Education Policy Institute (EPI) following his departure from Ofsted at the end...

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Ofsted inspectors urged to crack down on schools ‘off-rolling’ pupils

Ofsted has urged its inspectors to crack down on schools found to be “off-rolling” pupils, suggesting those transferring large...

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Asbestos ‘significant cause for concern’ in over 100 schools

Nearly one in five schools are failing to manage asbestos properly – with the government having to intervene in...

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Give schools 12-month warning on policy changes, and 5 other education committee ideas to solve recruitment crisis

The education select committee has published its teacher retention and recruitment inquiry today. The report gives a number of...

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MPs call for national CPD ‘annual entitlement’ to boost teacher retention rates

The government should roll out an annual entitlement of continual professional development (CPD) for all teachers to boost retention rates,...

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Pathway to ‘chartered teacher status’ will open in 2018, says College of Teaching

A programme for “chartered teacher status” will open next year, promises the Chartered College of Teaching. But critics question...

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Long-awaited Ofsted report on double inspections to be published ‘before March’

A long-awaited Ofsted report on the “reliability” of inspections – tested through sending two inspectors to a school to...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Schools forced to ‘reintegrate’ pupils after UTC and studio school closures

Schools that lose high proportions of pupils to university technical colleges (UTCs) and studio schools often have to “reintegrate”...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg