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Trusts are maturing – but their horizons are contracting
In the midst of a challenging financial climate and against a backdrop of continued political uncertainty, the role of ...
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Children’s wellbeing and schools bill: the 15 key policies
The proposed children’s wellbeing and schools bill would give ministers a new legal power to intervene where academy trusts ...
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Children’s wellbeing bill to enact sweeping academies reform
When first announced at the King’s Speech, the then “children’s wellbeing bill” was set to enact a range of reforms pledged ...
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Schools bill: All 39 proposed policies (and when they’ll start)
The government’s new schools bill will dominate education policymaking for the next few years, before changes start to feed ...
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Ofsted to trial ‘new inspection approach’ in January
Trials for a “new approach” to inspections will start in the first week of next term, Ofsted has announced as it ploughs ...
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Schools face ‘significant disruption’ as government culls Latin scheme
Thousands of secondary pupils are facing “significant disruption” after the government scrapped its state school Latin ...
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What trust leaders say about recruitment and retention
Leaders urged policymakers to consider trusts’ role in addressing recruitment and retention and to invest in mechanisms that ...
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Council barred from using £200k grant to repair schools
A London council launched a £200,000-a-year urgent repairs grant for its poorest schools – only to be ordered by government ...
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Loss of academy freedoms could harm improvement of toughest schools – CST boss
In a briefing for CST members, seen by Schools Week, Cruddas said seeing the detail of the bill would be “essential”, but ...
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Councils kept waiting on key SEND deficit ‘override’ decision
The LGA has called for 'urgent' government reform of the SEND system after promised clarity for councils on the brink of ...
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Is Ofsted right to fear the rise of flexi-schooling?
A March 2022 inspection at Huxley found full-time pupils were “disadvantaged” by the fact other pupils were being ...
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11-hour school day pays dividends
A headteacher says an 11-hour school day could be rolled out across more schools after a £20,000 trial boosted behaviour, ...