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Ofsted: No mark-down if schools let year 11s leave early

Ofsted has clarified schools won’t be marked down for letting their year 11 cohort leave before the end of...

James Carr
James Carr
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School drops sports course questioned by Ofsted

A Liverpool school has dropped a controversial sports science qualification that Ofsted said might not be in the pupils’...

James Carr
James Carr
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England’s largest academy trust gives up struggling school

England’s biggest multi-academy trust is set to hand a struggling Leeds school to another chain, ending a seven-year effort...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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A tenth of England’s schools and colleges named on Everyone’s Invited website

A tenth of all schools and colleges in England have been named in testimonies on the Everyone’s Invited website...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Wilshaw returns to headship with interim role at London school JFS

The former chief inspector of Ofsted Sir Michael Wilshaw has stepped back into headship after almost a decade, with...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted: Brexit ‘insecurity’ and lack of CPD pose languages ‘challenges’

“Insecurity” around Brexit and a lack of continuing professional development could pose “challenges” for schools in delivering a high...

James Carr
James Carr
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Chris Russell to replace Sean Harford as Ofsted’s national education director

Ofsted is to name Chris Russell as its new national director of education, replacing Sean Harford, Schools Week has...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Spielman bags two more years as Ofsted chief inspector

Amanda Spielman has been given two extra years in the role of Ofsted chief inspector, the Department for Education...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Speed read: Ofsted’s guide to a ‘high-quality’ maths curriculum

Ofsted has highlighted the key qualities of teaching a ‘high-quality’ maths curriculum which raises pupil attainment and prevents struggling...

James Carr
James Carr