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School leaders join forces to launch staff absence insurance

A group of school leaders has joined forces to offer an alternative staff absence insurance, with talks ongoing to...

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Salford Academy Trust minutes reveal boardroom rift

Board minutes from a doomed academy trust reveal a boardroom rift between trustees who accused one of their sponsors...

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‘Focus on sharing resources’, academy trusts told

Multi-academy trusts should be entrepreneurial and willing to take calculated risks to remain sustainable “in an age of austerity”,...

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National Reference Test results: Maths scores rise but no change for English language

The second annual National Reference Test has shown improvement in maths scores, but no real change for English language....

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Exam malpractice: Drop in penalties for staff as mobile phone breaches soar

The number of teachers facing penalties for exam malpractice fell this year, but the number of pupils rapped for bringing...

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Inspectors will spend more time in schools during short inspections, Spielman tells MPs

The head of Ofsted has sought to reassure MPs that inspectors will soon spend more time on site during...

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Domed: The free school facing funding axe

A free school stuck in temporary accommodation – including running its canteen from an inflatable dome – for the...

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Top-rated schools and grammars pocket the most in parental donations

‘Outstanding’-rated schools raise almost twice as much money through parental donations as those rated ‘inadequate’, while grammar schools pick...

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Coursework reforms prevent pupils from getting exams ‘special consideration’

Reforms to GCSEs and A-levels could be preventing pupils from being eligible to receive special consideration when they miss...

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Pippa Allen-Kinross