Politics

Schools Week chief reporter John Dickens scoops top CIPR award

Schools Week staff were jokingly cautioned to “pipe down” when chief reporter John Dickens won an outstanding national education...

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Schools Week Reporter
News

Progress 8 scores could fall after ECDL grade recalibration

Schools that enter large numbers of pupils into a fast-track ICT qualification could see Progress 8 scores drop if...

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Schools Week Reporter
Features

Jarlath O’Brien, headteacher, Carwarden House community school

Ofsted is not something Jarlath O’Brien talks about to his staff, he tells me, as we sip tea in...

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Schools Week Reporter
Opinion

Is race the elephant in the staffroom?

Men at the recent WomenEd conference admitted they were scared to talk about gender. Are white people just as...

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Schools Week Reporter

The Gene: An Intimate History

If you’re not a science teacher, you may think this book is not for you. Think again. Whatever your...

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News

SEND reforms: Past, Present and Future

The Children and Families Act came into effect in September 2014, with a revised special educational needs and disability...

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Schools Week Reporter
News

Osborne’s £10 million Mandarin teaching fund not ‘strategic’

A £10 million investment in expanding the teaching of Mandarin could be better invested in language assistants and online...

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Schools Week Reporter
News

Pupils forced to switch school after free transport cut

Parents are considering transferring their children to a new school after a local authority tightened up rules around free...

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Schools Week Reporter
News

Ofsted judging schools negatively for teacher shortages

Ofsted inspectors are judging schools on how well they are handling teacher shortages, with two schools rated as inadequate...

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Schools Week Reporter