Opinion

Tougher words on academy pay are welcome, but we need action

The Department for Education’s move to toughen up rules over academy trust executive pay and good governance is welcome,...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Toby Young’s flagship academy trust ditches ‘free school’ from its name

An academy trust set up by the long-standing free school advocate Toby Young has changed its name, dropping the...

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John Dickens
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Ethnically mixed schools boost integration, but the lunchtime divide still exists

Pupils have less “anxiety” towards peers from other ethnic groups when they are taught in mixed schools, a government...

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John Dickens
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Free school that omits arts and humanities rated ‘inadequate’

A free school in Newcastle that does not teach humanities, arts or foreign languages has been branded ‘inadequate’ by...

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John Dickens
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RSC to take ‘unprecedented’ decision on whether a primary can leave its trust

A regional schools commissioner is about to make an “unprecedented” decision on whether a primary school can voluntarily quit...

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John Dickens
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DfE toughens up rules over academy trust executive pay

The rules governing academy chief executives’ pay packets are being toughed up as criticism grows over the sizes of...

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John Dickens
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Ofsted prepares to prosecute four illegal schools which refuse to close

Four illegal schools are refusing to comply with government enforcement notices to cease their operation immediately, forcing Ofsted to...

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John Dickens
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DfE leans on free school that entered no Year 11s for GCSEs

The government has threatened to rebroker a free school that was put in special measures after failing to enter...

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John Dickens
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More trainee teachers than ever are entering via school-led route

The proportion of trainee teachers that took the government’s favoured school-route into the profession increased again last year, new...

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John Dickens