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Explained: Struggling trust failed to clear payment to outgoing ‘senior executive’

MAT also did not conduct internal audit as reserves tumbled...
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Explained: ‘Barriers’ to upper pay range cause frustration for teachers

Staff report ‘shifting’ goalposts as union warns of ‘significant contribution...
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Explained: Speech and language screening pilot reveals ‘shocking’ level of need

Analysis suggests 6 in 10 children given universal screening were...
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Explained: Dodgy DfE data shortens schools’ working weeks

Figures suggested one in six schools are not complying with...
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Explained: Gove’s traditionalists won, but now they see what was lost

Militant discipline and explicit instruction delivered higher exam grades, but...
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Explained: Alarm over ‘generic’ wording in 12 Ofsted report cards

An investigation revealed the same paragraph was used in report...
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Explained: ‘Schoolboy error’ sees smaller schools escape RISE low attainment crackdown

The DfE has not contacted some primaries potentially needing RISE...
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Explained: Pupil premium paperwork reveals schools snub effective strategies

Our review of 550 pupil premium strategies found many schools...
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Explained: Full list of 93 behaviour and attendance hubs revealed

DfE says hubs will be led by schools ‘with a...
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Explained: Repairs to the school-parent contract must come from the top

The situation is not irreparable, and the first small steps...
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Explained: Flexible working should be an opportunity not a burden

The Employment Rights Act means schools must properly consider a...
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Explained: Best-paid academy boss earns £530k after £15k pay rise

Harris Federation CEO Sir Dan Moynihan received £15k wage hike...
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Explained: Absence fines level out after post-Covid surge

Unions argue new £80 penalties are not ‘much of a...
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Explained: Only suspend pupils for most serious behaviour, DfE tells schools

New suspensions guidance coming with white paper, but headteachers to...
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Explained: Attendance and behaviour hubs: 29 more lead schools revealed

Schools Week obtains list of additional lead schools, with several...
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