Opinion

It turns out teachers aren’t being trusted on grades

On Thursday evening, Ofqual sneaked out a major and fundamental shift in the quality assurance process for this summer’s...

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DfE’s ‘orphan’ school trust takes financial hit as Covid scuppers expansion

The ‘bad bank’ academy trust set up by government to turn around orphan schools has been hit by cashflow...

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John Dickens
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ITT market review proposals will be put out to public consultation

The government will run a public consultation on the proposals of its controversial teacher training market review before they...

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John Dickens
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Trust ‘ready and able’ to take over ‘orphan’ school in limbo for TEN years

A regional schools commissioner is “hopeful” she has found an academy trust that is “ready and able” to take...

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John Dickens
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Ministers call in Ofsted to investigate school safeguarding amid ‘rape culture’ claims

Ofsted has been ordered to undertake an “immediate review” of the safeguarding policies in state and independent schools amid...

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John Dickens
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GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Key dates revealed

Exam boards have today published guidance for how schools are expected to award grades this summer. The guidance includes...

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John Dickens
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Consultation launched to ensure high needs funding awarded ‘fairly’ as councils struggle

The government has launched a consultation to ensure high needs cash is dished out as “fairly as possible” as...

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John Dickens
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£500 bill for orange juice: Trust rapped for spend at ‘luxury’ spa hotel and ‘high fashion’ mag

An academy trust that opened from scratch with 10 schools has been rapped for spending thousands of pounds on...

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John Dickens
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Sir Kevan Collins appointed ‘education recovery’ tsar

Sir Kevan Collins has been appointed as the government’s “education recovery commissioner”. Downing Street said in a press release...

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John Dickens