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Leaked document claims David Cameron will propose 153 new free schools

More than 100 new free schools could open under a Conservative government, a leaked announcement by the prime minister claims. According to reports by the Guardian and The Mirror, David Cameron is expected to reveal in a speech on Monday that if the party is re-elected after May’s election it would open 153 free schools […]

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Founder of free school hailed by David Cameron charged with string of fraud offences

The former principal of one of the country’s first free schools has been charged with a number of fraud offences. Sajid Raza, founder of the Kings Science Academy in Bradford, has been charged with three offences of fraud by abuse of position, three offences of false accounting, two offences of obtaining a money transfer by deception, […]

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Ofsted report of crisis-hit school reveals children running around corridors and assaults on staff

A damning Ofsted report has branded a crisis-hit academy as “dysfunctional and unsafe” – revealing “verbal abuse of staff is common with some physically assaulted”. The special measures monitoring report into St Aldhelm’s Academy, in Poole, Dorset – which lost £1.2m after being targeted by a fraud scam in 2013 – was published today. The […]

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Diocese hands fraud-hit school to new academy sponsor

A crisis-hit academy that lost £1.2m after being targeted by a “sophisticated fraud” has found a new sponsor. Leadership of St Aldhelm’s Academy in Poole, Dorset, will be handed over to the Ambitions Academies Trust from Monday. The Bournemouth-based trust will formally take over when due diligence has been finalised, the Department for Education said. […]

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No evidence of fraud at ‘Trojan horse’ school rules EFA.

An investigation into an education trust and one of its schools, involved in the “Trojan horse” affair, has found no evidence of fraud. The Education Funding Agency (EFA) investigated allegations of fraud and irregularity at Park View Education Trust (PVET) and Park View School. The allegations related to the between April 1, 2012 and May […]

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What the ——— are they hiding?

Last week the Department for Education voluntarily released the application forms submitted by free school founders to secure the opening of their schools – despite former education secretary Michael Gove saying he would do “everything possible” to stop their release. First asked for in 2012 by SchoolsWeek editor, Laura McInerney, the forms show the original […]

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Want to know why teachers are banned? Dig deep . . .

It’s not easy to find out how many teachers were banned last year for sexual offences against children. It’s possible – but you have to be prepared to read through more than 100 documents. Last week, an Schools Week analysis of more than 200 published National College of Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) hearing outcomes from […]

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Teacher banned for embellished CV

A teacher has been banned from the classroom after he lied about his GCSE grades and past experience when he applied for an internal promotion. Matthew Brown, 33, was banned after a hearing of the National College of Teaching and Leadership on October 30. It is thought to be the third hearing this year involving […]

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