Solutions

Nine-day fortnight proves a big hit with Dixons staff

One term in, Schools Week visited Dixons Fazakerley Academy, in Liverpool, to see how it’s going...

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Exams

Ofqual: School-level exam cheating hits three-year high

Cases of students cheating also jumped by 5.9 per cent, Ofqual data shows

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News

Government delays Oak National Academy review

A market impact assessment will also ask edtech firms if the online school has harmed their business

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Ofsted

Revealed: How academy trusts parachute central teams into Ofsted inspections

Two trusts sent in seven extra staff. Another flooded one of its schools with 25. Inspectors say the practice...

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Ofsted

Ofsted boss ‘worried’ by rise of ‘flexi-schooling’

Sir Martyn Oliver says the inspectorate 'doesn't have a proper handle on it' and has flagged concern with government

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Recruitment and retention

Unions urge schools still using performance-related pay to ditch it

New survey reveals some teachers still have performance targets linked to exam results

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Schools

Pay and job satisfaction rises, but behaviour risks driving teachers out

Major government survey shows some slight improvements in some aspects of the job, but a worsening situation in others

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Lucas Cumiskey
News

EYFS results: Disadvantage gap widens among reception pupils

Proportion of free school meals-eligible pupils achieving a 'good level of development' falls slightly

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Teacher training

DfE: New teacher training providers could get future accreditation ‘opportunities’

Clarification comes after bruising re-accreditation process saw 68 existing providers lose out

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Lucas Cumiskey