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Bradford ‘destitute’ pupils missing out on extra cash
Yorkshire schools are missing out on at least £650,000 pupil premium funding with foreign children ineligible for free school meals (FSM). When families from the European Economic Area...
School performance project worth £24m ‘not the right time’ says DfE
Plans to display school performance data on one platform have been shelved by the Department for Education (DfE). The department has confirmed it has abandoned its development of...
Letter exposes U-turn on AET outsourcing
The Department for Education (DfE) appears to have made a U-turn on its involvement in a plan by the country’s largest academy chain to outsource non-teaching roles. Academies...
MPs call for nursery schools to become academies
Two MPs are calling on the Department for Education (DfE) to consider allowing nursery schools to become academies. In a parliamentary debate last week, they said they believed...
Late reprieve for Sikh free school plan in Leicester
A Sikh-ethos free school that had its funding pulled five days before opening may yet open in October after being granted a second chance by the Department for...
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Governors sacked and eight staff suspended as exam cheating investigation is widened
An academy trust has sacked a school’s entire board of governors and suspended eight staff amid exam cheating allegations. Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) revealed today it had...
Major report into academy trusts finds conflicts of interest and weak oversight
The education select committee has published an independent report highlighting conflicts of interests at academy trusts and concerns about government oversight. The commissioned report, published today, was compiled...
Up to 40 schools face 'wave' of Ofsted no notice inspections
Ofsted announced today it is to “mount a wave” of no notice inspections this month in light of the Trojan Horse scandal in Birmingham. HM Inspectors are to...