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Education charity pulls support services to make way for teaching schools

An education charity has announced it will step away from providing school improvement services for a county council so...

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Lord Nash: Every academy expected to set up parent council

Junior schools minister Lord Nash has today announced that all academies will be expected to set up “parent councils”....

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Government facing £1.1bn “funding blackhole” to convert schools into academies, Labour claim

The government is facing a £1.1bn funding blackhole to fulfill its pledge of converting every school into an academy,...

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EXCLUSIVE: Government to ban the word ‘schools’ in favour of ‘academies’

NB – This story was published as an April Fool’s story. All schools will be forced to remove the term...

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Special needs free school rated inadequate as Ofsted laments lack of external support

A special needs free school has been rated as inadequate by Ofsted with inspectors claiming a lack of access...

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Camden could be first council to form multi-academy trust

A council is set to rubber stamp plans to turn its school partnership organisation into a company – seemingly...

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Perry Beeches academy trust gave £1.3m to private company which paid ‘second salary’ to ‘superhead’ Liam Nolan

An academy trust funnelled more than £1m to a private company which then paid a “second salary” to the trust’s...

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New laws will force schools to do national reference tests

The government has confirmed today it will pass legislation forcing selected schools to take part in new national reference...

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Focus on improvement not on becoming academy, Ofsted warns school

A school has been told by Ofsted that it is “too focused” on becoming an academy – resulting in...

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