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MPs to investigate school and sixth-form funding

The parliamentary education committee has launched an inquiry into school and sixth-form funding, to consider whether a 10-year plan...

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Ofqual won’t regulate private teacher-examiner numbers despite cheating scandal

Ofqual will not limit the number of teacher-examiners at private schools, despite a wave of cheating allegations at some of...

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Academy trusts must pause as they grow or ‘risk school improvement’

Chief executives at multi-academy trusts must stop and make changes as they develop or risk undermining their ability to...

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Food, fraud and going abroad: What’s on Ofsted’s £1m credit card bill?

Ofsted has spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on meals in restaurants, nights in hotels, overseas travel and in...

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Government under pressure to reveal plans for ‘free’ teacher vacancy service

The government is under mounting pressure to reveal detailed plans for its new teacher vacancy website and explain how...

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Troops to Teachers: Quarter of all trainees quit course without qualifying

One in four participants in the government’s doomed ‘Troops to Teachers’ course quit before earning their teaching qualification, Schools...

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Application process for strategic school improvement fund was ‘unfit for purpose’

The first application round for the £140 million strategic school improvement fund was neither fair nor transparent according to...

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Schools struggling to provide SEND support

Funding cuts mean schools are struggling to provide proper support for children with special educational needs and disabilities, the National...

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NEU: The government is ‘responsible’ for the school mental health epidemic

The government must “bear some responsibility” for the rise in the number of pupils with mental ill-health, the National...

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