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The government’s first budget brought some good news for schools, with funding allocated to roll out free breakfast clubs to hundreds of primary schools...
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Unions have called on the government to urgently invest in restoring school buildings – as a “damning” new report revealed a £13.8bn backlog in...
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The government will amend its own schools bill to make clear that academies only have to adhere to a teacher pay ‘floor’, the schools...
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Sector experts are appearing before MPs today to give their thoughts on the schools bill. Freddie Whittaker is reporting live from the public committee...
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Pupil wellbeing should be inspected as a category in Ofsted’s new report cards to provide parents with more nuanced information, a think tank has...
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Teachers in 32 sixth form colleges have voted to take strike action after the government snubbed them in this year’s school teacher pay award. ...
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Up to 20,000 more pupils’ data may have been stolen in a cyber-attack on the government outsourcer Capita. Schools Week previously revealed how 30,000...
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The government pledged extra cash for schools and SEND at last week’s budget. Now the dust has settled, here’s what we know… £2.3bn budget...
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Academy trusts have been left up to £100,000 out of pocket following the government’s sudden decision to scrap capacity funding – with fears expansion...
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Teachers feel “disempowered and deprofessionalised by overstipulation and the challenge to cover content” in the curriculum, Professor Becky Francis has said as she outlined...
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The government could better support disadvantaged pupils if its intervention criteria included how heavily populated an area is, instead of the “crude” current measure...
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Sir Martyn Oliver has said some trust leaders are “putting pressure on inspectors and making the inspection process more adversarial”. Ofsted’s chief inspector said...
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The education secretary is “open to considering” whether struggling academies can return to local authority oversight and is reviewing the process for opening new...
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All three of Eton College’s proposed flagship “elite” sixth forms, run in partnership with Star Academies to ‘level up’ left behind areas, are being...
