Admissions

Admissions watchdog rescinds fair banding approval

The controversial decision had allowed a school to introduce the practice

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Admissions

Admission appeal fund axe falls hard on grammar schools

DfE announced earlier this year it would no longer give academies the cash to fight appeals

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Admissions

Admissions watchdog sides with school over fair banding row

Bosses of the Carlton Bolling, in Bradford, have now introduced the controversial practice for next year’s admissions

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Admissions

‘Serious concerns’ as children in care refused places at Catholic schools

Analysis suggests schools in at least seven dioceses give priority to children of their faith before non-religious pupils in...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Admissions

Shut out: How schools are turning away vulnerable pupils

As government considers measures to make schools more inclusive, Schools Week investigates how vulnerable pupils are being turned away...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Admissions

Enforcement ‘first’, legal threats and place ‘caps’: Councils reveal admission woes

Watchdog report shows widespread clashes between councils and academy trusts as Labour plans school admission reforms

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Admissions

Popular schools should prioritise places for poorer pupils, says charity

Teach First calls for pilot that boosts pupil premium funding to motivate schools to be more inclusive

Freddie Whittaker
Jessie Williams
Ofsted

Judging schools on middle-class admissions isn’t even possible, says Ofsted

Official also says the watchdog will draw on its off-rolling clampdown as it develops inclusivity checks

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Faith schools

Catholic school caught up in row over abolition of 50% cap

Education secretary criticised for launching faith reforms at school with fewer pupils on free school meals

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker