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Schools can get £5k for getting ‘returner teachers’ back into classrooms

The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) has launched another pilot to try to encourage qualified teachers back...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Behavioural insights team tells schools how to ‘nudge’ behaviour

The team behind David Cameron’s controversial “behavioural insights” unit has told school leaders how they can use letters, texts...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Ridings Federation of Academies issued with financial notice to improve over potential ‘£1 million deficit’

A trust in charge of two academies has been issued with a financial notice to improve – and the...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Drop in trainee teachers, and 4 other key findings from ITT data

The Department for Education has released provisional figures for the number of trainee teachers recruited for this academic year....

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Jess Staufenberg
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Schools lack guidance on how to handle pupil exclusions

Guidance on pupil exclusions originally published in December 2014 and set for implementation in January 2015 was pulled from...

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Jess Staufenberg
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School admissions watchdog rejects ‘Catholic certificate’

The school admissions watchdog has ruled that a new certificate used to confirm a pupil is from a “practising...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Revealed: How All-Party Parliamentary Groups influence education policy

Beginning this week, Schools Week is revealing its first investigation into all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs), uncovering how they influence...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Gaming app claims to help children’s cognitive self-regulation

A mobile phone app that encourages parents to play games at home with their children shows promise in closing the...

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Jess Staufenberg
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More business managers need to train for future senior roles

More school business managers must “aspire” to become senior executives as the rise in multi-academy trusts – and damaging...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg