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De Souza ‘relief’ after Ofsted investigation clears schools of tipping-off claims

The chief executive of a trust embroiled in allegations of tipping-off over the date of Ofsted inspections has spoken...

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“Whole class interaction” is key to China maths success

Teaching techniques boost the maths results of Chinese primary school pupils compared with their peers in England, a study...

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Queen of trucks’ appointed to new headteacher board

A businesswoman known as the “The Queen of Trucks” has been appointed to one of the new headteacher boards...

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Funding agency employees on the rise

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has significantly increased the size of its workforce in the past year, newly released...

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National director at Ofsted to leave for multi-academy trust

Ofsted’s national director of inspection reform is to take the helm at a Cheshire multi-academy trust at the beginning...

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The new regional schools commissioners

The lessons of London’s educational success over the past decade can be exported to other parts of the country,...

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Nicky Phillips
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Ofsted investigation clears schools over ‘tipping-off’ claims

Three schools at the centre of allegations of tipping-off over the date of Ofsted inspections have been cleared in...

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Features

Andrew Adonis, Labour peer and former schools minister

Andrew Adonis looks into the distance and chews carefully. He’s pondering a question about his childhood, a topic that...

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Force all schools to become academies by 2020, demands Policy Exchange

All schools in England should be forced to become academies in the next five years, the right-leaning thinktank Policy...

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