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More than 1,000 learners that failed courses last year will now be told they passed

More than 1,000 learners that failed their courses last year are now being told they’ve passed. Under the previous...

Shane Mann
Shane Mann
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DfE property company considers onsite housing for teachers

The government-backed company tasked with buying sites for new schools is looking at providing housing for teachers in new...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools could be fined if pupils are removed to home education

The government is consulting on whether schools should be fined if pupils are taken off their rolls to be educated...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Ombudsman to look into DfE’s handling of information requests about school closure

The parliamentary ombudsman is to investigate the government’s handling of a school closure in Coventry. Clare McArthur, a campaigner...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Two charities to run breakfast clubs in 1,775 schools from the spring

Two charities, Family Action and Magic Breakfast, have been chosen to deliver breakfast clubs in around 1,775 schools from...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Teachers reduce hours and pay to manage workload

Teachers are being forced to go part-time in order to manage their workload, the Department for Education has admitted....

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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NAHT launches commission to investigate school accountability

The way schools are held to account will be investigated by a new independent commission that seeks to find...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Secretive private school warning notices published for the first time

The Department for Education has finally published the warning notices it issued to underperforming private schools, over two years...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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DfE doesn’t check whether academy leaders are ‘fit and proper’

Academy trustees and senior leaders are not being properly vetted for their suitability to run schools, the government’s spending...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson