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Jun
Allow LAs to take over failing academies says think tank
A new report by think tank the Education Policy Institute (EPI) has examined the impact of academy chains and local authorities on pupil attainment. Overall school performance:
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Jun
Discovery School - hard core of pupils roamed the premises in a “predatory manner”, says unpublished Ofsted report
An unpublished Ofsted report on a £9m Newcastle free school found that the school’s leaders had “not shown the capacity to improve the school” and that it had
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Jun
Computer game addiction classified as a disorder by WHO
Gaming addiction is to be listed as a mental health condition by the World Health Organization for the first time. Some school leaders have expressed concern about the
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Jun
Chancellor: no new money for schools after £20 billion NHS pledge
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has told cabinet colleagues that finding an extra £20bn for the NHS – the so-called ‘Brexit dividend’ – means there will
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Jun
Hundreds of delegates join SCHOOLS NorthEast for its biggest-ever SBM conference
Over 300 delegates joined SCHOOLS NorthEast for its sixth-annual School Business Management conference in Newcastle yesterday, making it the biggest and best to date. The
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Jun
More white working-class schools are ‘inadequate’
Schools in poor white communities are much more likely to be rated “inadequate” or “requires improvement” by Ofsted compared with those in deprived,
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