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RSCs under fire after ordering interventions in coasting schools

Regional schools commissioners are writing to coasting schools to identify specific support, leading critics to suggest they are now...

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The academy chains given £10m ‘northern powerhouse’ cash – but failed to help any schools

Academy trusts handed cash over a year ago to transform failing schools in the north have yet to take...

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Private school fees rise again, and 3 more ISC census findings

The Independent Schools Council has today published its annual census. Schools Week has the key findings: 1. Private school...

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£100k per council would abolish holiday hunger, MPs claim

A cross-parliamentary group of MPs have said handing every local authority just over £100,000 a year would end holiday...

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DfE to underwrite salary for free school ‘heads in waiting’ – and could even employ them in department

The Department for Education has published a pledge to support the founding of new free schools by underwriting the...

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Ofqual ditches plans to regulate ‘easy’ and ‘hard’ subjects

Exams regulator Ofqual is no longer seeking to harmonise the number of pupils achieving top grades across different subjects...

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RSC Tim Coulson resigns to head Samuel Ward Academy Trust

Regional schools commissioner Tim Coulson is stepping down from the role to head up a multi-academy trust – leaving...

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Phonics boosts reading accuracy, study finds

Phonics has a “dramatic impact” on the accuracy of reading aloud and comprehension, researchers have claimed. A study, published...

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Academy chain shortage in the north, while south prospers

There aren’t enough good academy sponsors ready to take over the number of failing schools in Lancashire and West...

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