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Parents want more ‘outstanding’ schools inspected, plus 4 more Ofsted findings

Parents want ‘outstanding’ schools inspected more often, but believe short inspections are increasingly behind unreliable judgments. Ofsted has published...

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Teachers buying more basic equipment for pupils, survey finds

Teachers say they are increasingly dipping into their own pocket to provide basic classroom resources and essentials for pupils,...

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Church MAT halts restructuring plan after parent protests

Parent power has prompted an academy trust to halt restructuring plans that involved making a headteacher redundant to balance...

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Parents in legal challenge over grammar schools’ plan to reduce 11-plus pass mark

Parents are raising cash to challenge an academy trust’s plans to lower the pass mark for entry to its...

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England’s largest academy trusts see gender pay gap widen

The gender pay gap has widened at most of the country’s largest academy trusts, with women paid 55p for...

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Tenth UTC closure announced

Yet another university technical college will close later this year, taking the total to 10 for the troubled programme....

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Nick Gibb refuses to say whether he backs controversial cost-cutting advice

Schools minister Nick Gibb today dodged calls to clarify whether he backs controversial proposals made by the government’s cost-cutting...

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Ofsted suspends publishing MAT inspections during election purdah

Ofsted has said it will not publish any focused multi-academy trust reviews in areas set for local elections until...

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Limit pupils’ lunch portions to save money, say Agnew’s cost-cutting advisers

Lord Agnew’s cost-cutting consultants told a school to replace experienced teachers with support staff on term-time contracts, while another...

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