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Hold schools ‘responsible’ for excluded pupils who join gangs, says children’s commissioner

Schools should be “held responsible” for the pupils they exclude, the children’s commissioner for England has warned, as figures...

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NFER warns of ‘clear need’ to improve working conditions of teachers

The working conditions of teachers must improve if the government is to tackle the recruitment and retention crisis, the...

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Star Academies Trust warned it could lose ‘inadequate’ academy

An academy trust lauded by ministers as an “expert schools sponsor” has been warned one of its schools could...

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Government urged to ‘rethink’ academy conversion approach after another U-turn

The government is facing calls to “rethink its whole approach” to converting schools into academies after making another U-turn...

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Ofsted refuses to name 300 ‘off-rolling’ schools

Ofsted will not name the 300 schools that could be off-rolling pupils in case it alerts them to upcoming...

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Kerching! The academy trusts raising millions through fundraising

Academy trusts are raising millions of pounds through fundraising, with one trust posting “record” levels of parental donations. Sector...

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Academy trust criticised for taking on debt-ridden schools

An academy trust urged to expand by its regional schools commissioner was later rapped by the government for taking...

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DfE shells out £27m to prop up struggling academies

The government handed out nearly £4.5 million to prop up cash-strapped academies run by the failed Schools Company Trust...

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Nearly a third of academy transfers down to government intervention over failures

Almost a third of all academies that were transferred to new trusts last year were moved because of direct...

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