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Religious studies allocation scuppers plans for Jewish free school

The government has rejected a bid to open a Jewish free school in London after criticising its plans to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers: The Michaela Way

This book is a pastiche of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. It substitutes matriarchs attempting to create divine...

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Government writes off £800,000 of free school funding

The government has written off £800,000 it was unable to claw back from free schools. Schools Week revealed last...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Councils must estimate free school pupil numbers under funding change

Local authorities will now have to estimate how many pupils move to certain free schools opening in their area...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Half of new special free schools specialise in autism

Autism-specific schools make up almost half of all special needs free schools. The “more complex” requirements of autistic pupils...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

TIMSS Results? Well, at least the kids are all right. The rest of us however….

While the news headlines have been dominated by how clever (or not) England’s children were revealed to be in...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Empty free schools owe government £11m

The government needs to claw back £11 million from more than 100 free schools after they failed to recruit...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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“Unusual” management plan for Parkfield Free School

A troubled free school has an “unusual” interim management structure in place as a takeover looms, although both the...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

The 18th century forerunners of the Michaela School model

Last weekend, The Sunday Times published a lengthy article about Michaela, the north London free school that styles itself...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney