Teacher training

Staff have to ‘drop something’ to fit in ECF, provider admits

Here's what we learned from the National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers annual conference this week

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Samantha Booth
News

Home education rises 34%, with Covid most likely to be the reason

The number of children withdrawn from school for elective home education soared by 34 per cent last year, with...

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Samantha Booth
Ofsted

ITT providers ‘alarmingly selling specific pedagogies’ as ‘be all and end all’, Ofsted says

Some initial teacher training providers inspected under the new Ofsted framework were “misinforming trainees” by teaching them only specific...

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Samantha Booth
Schools

On hold: NLE programme delayed until September

Reforms delayed and interim contract awarded with DfE citing Covid

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Samantha Booth
News

Single-school trust with £280k head given finance warning

Holland Park School has been told to rein in the salaries of its highly-paid school leaders in a government...

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Samantha Booth
Academies

Academy trust appeals to court after losing special needs contract

Wave Multi-Academy Trust launches legal challenge over AP contract

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Samantha Booth
Academies

Academisation rate ‘unlikely to increase’ without new policies, DfE study finds

The rate of academy conversions in the next three years will be “limited to a steady rate” and is...

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Samantha Booth
Teacher training

Six more ITT providers downgraded under new Ofsted framework

10 out of 22 inspected providers are now below 'good'

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Samantha Booth
Exams

Exams 2022: Ofqual confirms ‘plan B’ details

Exams watchdog says schools should 'guard' against 'over-assessment' of students

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Samantha Booth