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Headline EBacc attainment measure to be replaced by average points score

The headline EBacc attainment league table measure is set to be replaced by a new rating where schools are...

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High-performing schools should partner with struggling neighbours to boost standards, report claims

There are enough high-performing schools with the potential to provide improvement support through partnerships with failing schools in almost...

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Temporary RSC waves through 21 academy conversions (with just 2 board members)

A regional schools commissioner who temporarily stepped in to preside over another area has agreed 21 academy conversions and...

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Experienced teachers less likely to trust Ofsted, and five more attitude survey findings

Teachers are less likely to trust Ofsted the longer they have worked in schools, a new survey has found....

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Free schools and healthy pupil scheme suffer under £1.3 billion funding boost

The education secretary has pledged to deliver free schools in a more “cost-effective” manner so she can divert savings...

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Revealed: Sub-regional improvement boards set up to advise RSCs

The government has brought local authorities back into the fold as part of new “sub-regional improvement boards” set up...

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Academy bosses increasingly use ‘GAG pooling’ to take control of funds

Multi-academy trusts are increasingly using new freedoms to pool their schools’ budgets into one central pot before dishing out...

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Investigation: Government delay on consultations totals over EIGHT years

As schools close for the summer break, the government has yet to respond to nine consultations on new reforms...

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Wilshaw’s £15k bonus, and 6 more Ofsted annual report findings

Sir Michael Wilshaw was awarded a bonus of at least £15,000 in his final year as chief inspector, despite...

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