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Trust seeks legal advice after council claims parents are ‘fearful’ of ‘tough love’ approach

An academy trust is seeking legal advice after an “extremely misinformed” letter from Dorset Council urged the education secretary...

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
News

Ofsted downgrades hundreds more ‘outstanding’ schools

Almost a third of previously ‘outstanding’ schools inspected since last September have dropped to ‘requires improvement’ or ‘inadequate’, Ofsted...

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
News

Paralympic swimmer to chair new edtech expert group

Paralympic swimmer Chris Holmes will chair a new expert group to help improve the use of technology in schools....

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Don’t ‘hide’ periods in schools, urges charity at head of government taskforce

Schools must change the way they teach and talk about periods if they are to tackle the stigma that...

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
News

Timpson exclusions review: the 7 things you need to know

The Department for Education is set to finally publish the Timpson review into exclusions today. The government has released...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

DfE won’t issue guidance on ‘exceptional circumstances’ for sex education withdrawal

Headteachers will be left in the “invidious position” of deciding whether they have grounds to refuse parents’ requests to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE shells out £27m to prop up struggling academies

The government handed out nearly £4.5 million to prop up cash-strapped academies run by the failed Schools Company Trust...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Schools shut out from DfE music curriculum panel

The government has come under fire for choosing just three serving school leaders for its 14-strong panel that will...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Ofsted and DfE staff nabbed for Brexit planning

Civil servants from Ofsted have been redeployed to help prepare for a no-deal Brexit, with more staff set to...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross