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Jan
Government to fund 2,900 school exchanges for poorer pupils
Secondary schools in England will be able to apply for money from a £2.5 million Government Scheme to take poorer pupils overseas on school exchanges, it was reported this week.
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Jan
Ofsted will look more closely at ‘repeat’ patterns of suspension as part of new framework
Ofsted will look more closely at whether schools are “repeatedly” suspending or isolating the same pupils under its new inspection framework, it was reported this week. A
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Jan
Three in four schools rated Outstanding have been 'downgraded after Ofsted inspectors returned'
Three in four schools rated Outstanding have been downgraded after Ofsted inspectors returned, it was revealed yesterday. In 2011, the Government announced that once a school had
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Jan
New figures show impact of disadvantage and ethnicity on Progress 8
Detailed figures showing differential KS4 outcomes by disadvantage and ethnicity were published by the DfE this week. Non-white pupils in the North East achieved significantly
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Jan
Public Accounts Committee says academy trusts 'don't make enough information available for parents'
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has published a report arguing that academy trusts do not make enough information available for parents and local communities.
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Jan
Education Links w/c 21st January 2019
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/south-shields-school-closure-ofsted-15722990 – Chronicle Live, South Shields School to close for good as uncertainty
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