News

Free schools ‘socially select’ pupils, research suggests

Free schools have substantially fewer free school meals pupils and significantly more able children than other schools in their...

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News

Can you predict Ofsted ratings?

The two most extreme Ofsted grades of “inadequate” and “outstanding” are being dished out on the whims of inspectors,...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Teacher training place allocations metric ‘biased’

The allocation of teacher training places could be subject to new metrics that have been described by an advocate...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Sports facilities in independent schools shame state sector

Figures released by the Independent Schools Council (ISC) in its latest annual report reveal that private schools have almost...

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Nicky Phillips
Features

Christine Bayliss, interim chief executive, Prima Learning Trust

In Sepember 13, 2014, the first edition of Schools Week burst on to the scene with a front-page story...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Purdah rules could delay decisions on academies

The academy conversion process is likely to slow as pre-election purdah rules restrain civil servants from signing new funding...

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News

Carter plans ‘two-day residencies’ in regions

The national schools commissioner will visit each of his regions for a “two-day residency” over the next year as...

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News

Government rejects RSC reform

Key recommendations made by cross-party MPs about the role of England’s regional schools commissioners have been rejected by the...

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Opinion

A jobs board distracts from the teacher shortage

Patrick Hayes is stumped by the government’s “slightly odd u-turn” on a national teaching website. It’s been tried before...

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