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E-ACT insists it has ‘zero-tolerance’ approach to off-rolling after Ofsted findings

The sponsor of one of only two schools identified by Ofsted as potentially having off-rolled pupils has insisted it’s...

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Children’s commissioner to publish home education figures for every school

The children’s commissioner will publish figures for every school in England showing how many of their pupils withdraw to...

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No pay rise for highest-paid academy chief for the first time in six years

Sir Dan Moynihan, the country’s highest-paid academy trust boss, has not been handed a pay rise for the first...

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Teacher recruitment and retention strategy: the 11 new policies

The government has today published the long-awaited teacher recruitment and retention strategy. Here’s a handy Schools Week round-up of...

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DfE hands £4m in bailouts to schools that closed

Academies handed “exceptional” bailouts totalling £4 million over the last two years have still closed soon after, with the...

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Ex-minister’s academy trust ignores governance guidelines

A former academies minister’s trust is failing to meet government guidelines over good governance – and has seemingly been...

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Poor pupils at grammar schools twice as likely to attend Oxbridge, study claims

The country’s most disadvantaged pupils are twice as likely to attend Oxbridge if they live in a region with...

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Four-fifths of LAs could wipe out school deficits by clawing back ‘excess’ surplus, EPI study finds

The Education Policy Institute has published a deeper dive into recently released spending data for local authority schools. The...

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Ministers will make it easier to ‘try out’ teaching as survey shows appetite for career change

The government has pledged to make it easier for prospective teachers to try the job, after a new survey...

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