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Publish data on all pupil moves to stop schools using ‘tricks’ to hide exclusions – think tank

Ministers are facing calls to publish data on all pupil moves into alternative provision, not just permanent exclusions, after analysis suggested “unexplained exits” could be hiding a wider issue. The Centre for Social Justice think tank, founded by the former Conservative leader Iain Duncan-Smith, found one in five local authorities recorded below-average permanent exclusions, but […]

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The top 10 most read Schools Week stories in 2019

From secret government money-saving reports, pupils being sent to the back of the queue for lunch if they have poor attendance, and lots of leaks – here’s our most read stories of 2019. Enjoy!   Starting with our news stories, in reverse order: (Nerd note: we’ve taken out explainers – which tend to be super-well […]

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Is it ever OK to remove a child from your roll?

Ofsted has been downgrading schools that “off-roll” students. But what does it actually mean? Cath Murray explains… The whole area of alternative provision (AP), off-rolling, exclusions and managed moves can be confusing. In a recent inspection, Ofsted said the school’s pupils educated in AP were “well cared for” and achieved good results. But the inspectors […]

Opinion

Revealed: Councils paid £700k to ‘unsafe’ illegal school

Local authorities have been urged to maintain a list of registered independent education providers after it emerged six councils spent more than £700,000 sending vulnerable youngsters to an “unsafe” illegal school. Last month three people were convicted of running the unregistered school at Freiston Hall in Lincolnshire (pictured). It charged £1,200 a week to educate […]

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Parliamentary knife crime group calls for investigation into alternative provision

A parliamentary group tasked with tackling knife crime has called on the government to urgently investigate capacity and the education in the alternative provision sector. The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on knife crime warned of a “disturbing correlation” between excluded pupils and those involved in violent crime or gang exploitation, and said schools should be […]

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Revealed: The winners of the 2019 Pearson Teaching Awards

Eleven UK school teachers have been honoured as winners of the 2019 Pearson Teaching Awards, for their inspirational work in education. The winners received their awards, which recognise “inspirational teachers”, at a glamorous ceremony this evening hosted by BBC presenters Tina Daheley and Sean Fletcher. The ceremony, at the Roundhouse in Camden, will be broadcast […]

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New free school bids round leaves AP out in the cold

The government’s latest free school wave does not allow applications for new alternative provision, despite a major pledge from ministers to encourage and prioritise them. Gavin Williamson, the education secretary, told The Times earlier this month that opening new schools for excluded pupils would be prioritised. And when the Department for Education this week launched […]

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How partnership working will work…and why it could fail

In the nine years Nick Gibb has been minister for schools (under one guise or another), we’ve seen a plethora of government reports on the state-funded education settings known as alternative provision. We’ve had the Charlie Taylor review of alternative provision, the School exclusion trial evaluation, the Alternative provision market analysis and the Investigative research […]

Opinion

How could schools be held accountable for excluded pupils?

Various government reviews, at least since the 2010 white paper, have claimed that the way to improve alternative provision is to make schools take greater responsibility for the pupils they exclude. Leaked documents suggest the Timpson review of exclusions will repeat this recommendation, but how might it work? Cath Murray takes a look Last autumn […]

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