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DfE’s £14bn schools budget claim ‘could mislead’, while NEU deletes incorrect funding claim

The government has been warned its repeated claim that school budgets are being boosted by £14 billion “could mislead”...

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Ofsted: Schools have to justify decisions to shorten KS3 (and show EBacc ‘ambition’)

Schools must justify decisions to shorten key stage 3 and show “ambition” to meet the English Baccalaureate target in...

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DfE to offer builders £22m loans for new schools in housing estates

Housing developers will be handed loans of up to £22 million from the Department for Education to build new...

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Ofsted: Curriculum ‘deep dives’ won’t penalise small schools

Smaller schools won’t be penalised by the demands of curriculum “deep dives” under the new inspection framework, Ofsted has...

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Council knew illegal school was unregistered BEFORE sending vulnerable kids there

A council has admitted it knew an illegal school was actually unregistered before they spent tens of thousands of...

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Ditch the term MAT, and 5 more CST school reform proposals

The Confederation of School Trusts – a sector body for academy trusts – has published what it describes as...

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Gavin Williamson at Conservative party conference 2019

Tory party conference exists in a bubble. It always does. One of the most popular stalls is one that...

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Councils spent thousands sending vulnerable kids to illegal school

Councils have been warned to carry out the proper checks on school placements for vulnerable youngsters after it emerged...

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Matt Hood to leave Ambition Institute role

Matt Hood, chief education officer at the Ambition Institute, has announced he will leave the organisation at the end...

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