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United Learning’s chief operating officer leaves for private school association

Dominic Norrish was ‘integral’ to trust’s success, United say

Zahawi accuses exam board of ‘cultural vandalism’

Education secretary steps in after OCR replaces work of Larkin and Owen with more diverse poems

Scaled scores for 2022 key stage 1 SATs announced

The number of marks pupils needed in their key stage 1 tests to achieve the government’s “expected” score has been announced today. To meet government expectations, pupils must achieve 100 in their scaled scores. But this equates to different marks for each paper (maths; reading; grammar, punctuation and spelling) and can change each year. Converting […]

Schools bill: The 15 new laws proposed

DfE outlines new powers to intervene in academy trusts and allow councils to force conversion of their schools

The 32.5 hour school week: what you need to know

New guidance shows the time will include breaks, won’t apply to special schools and must be published online

‘Opportunity for all’ schools white paper: All the policies

Nadhim Zahawi sets out his vision to ‘introduce and implement standards that will improve children’s education’

Chancellor snubs schools as 500,000 children ‘fall into poverty’

Union leader warns school funding snub in spring statement heralds ‘return of austerity’

Ofqual rolls over £300k legal costs war chest as exams return

Moving back to exams has ‘transferred the risk of exceptional legal costs’

AET issued government warning over troubled school

Trust told it must show ‘capacity to deliver rapid and sustained improvement’