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False widow spiders force London school to shut

A school in north London had to close following a false widow spider infestation. The Michaela Community School, in...

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Government spending plans ‘leave 80% of schools worse off next year’

Government spending plans will still leave four in five schools worse off next year than they were in 2015,...

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Sprinklers installed in just 3% of schools that had fires in last 5 years

Sprinklers were installed in just 3 per cent of English schools where fires broke out in the past five...

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Almost 1 in 3 teachers report kids being withdrawn from RE, and 4 other NATRE survey findings

Schools are failing to meet their legal obligations to teach religious education (RE), a new poll from the National...

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Kathryn Snowdon
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Retired head gets VIP message after special award win

Tony Blair has honoured one of the “pioneers” of the academies system, Ros McMullen, after she was presented with...

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Academy trust leaders struggling to juggle finances and growth

The majority of academy trust leaders are worried that growth could have a negative effect on schools in their...

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Kathryn Snowdon
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State schools fall behind in harnessing alumni to boost pupils’ job prospects

Private schools are more than twice as likely as their state counterparts to call on alumni to help open...

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Ofsted recruits 30 inspectors to ramp up outstanding school visits

Ofsted has launched a £2 million pound recruitment push ahead of the expected lifting of the exemption for “outstanding”...

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1 in 5 new teachers not employed in state schools within 16 months of qualifying

Nearly a fifth of teachers were not teaching in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualifying,...

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