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New laws handing the secretary of state wide-ranging powers to issue academy compliance orders are a rehash of a similar policy in the Conservatives’...
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The government has said its supervised toothbrushing programme will be rolled out to schools in the “most deprived” areas of England, but has not...
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The government is seeking to “improve” the way schools report on pupil premium spending, as an influential committee demanded officials follow up with settings...
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Ofsted has claimed its current inspection framework led to curriculum improvements, but is facing criticism for basing the finding on just 20 school visits....
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This week’s government announcement of a forthcoming SEND white paper has ensured SEND reform rightly remains at the forefront of education policy. Rightly so,...
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A union is balloting members over what would be the biggest strike against an academy trust in a row over teacher working conditions. The...
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Schools are increasingly referring children to the government’s anti-terrorism programme, but fewer than one in ten youngsters got support through the Prevent scheme, data...
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Proposals to give councils more power to check on pupils not in school will be “significantly insufficient” unless they get funding to build capacity...
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The word ‘partnership’ is never far away from discussions about the benefits of independent schools. The idea is that these schools can benefit not...
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Early data on school attendance suggests steeper fines for pupil absence have not had a “meaningful” impact, a union has said. The government hiked...
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After nearly six decades navigating school improvement, debates surrounding academisation, the role of advisers, and the structure of our education system hold few surprises...
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Sector leaders have been appointed to two new expert panels tasked with advising the government as it aims to overhaul the “broken” SEND system....
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The government’s inclusion tsar will say today that use of the “umbrella” SEND label is “misleading and obscures individual identities of children”, adding “a...
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I’ve seen first-hand the power good careers guidance. It can be transformational, and the updated Gatsby benchmarks, which will become part of statutory guidance...
