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Headteachers in Kent have been told their staff may have to sleep in school if Brexit causes traffic chaos across the county. In new guidance Kent County Council said the option of staff sleeping at school “could be considered” if problems on the roads prevented them getting home at the end of the day. We’ve […]

A school rapped by Ofsted over the “well-established” off-rolling of pupils has been warned it could be moved to a different sponsor. Ormiston Academies Trust has been issued with a termination warning notice in respect of Ormiston Denes Academy in Suffolk. Earlier this month, it was revealed that Ofsted had placed the school in special […]

A sponsored academy in one of the country’s poorest neighbourhoods has been named in the top 10 schools in the country for progress 8. Heartlands Academy in Birmingham, which converted as a sponsored academy in 2012, had a progress 8 score of 1.46 this year, placing it sixth in the league tables of all schools […]

The first university technical college to receive an early monitoring visit for its apprenticeship provision has been heavily criticised by Ofsted. London Design and Engineering University Technical College (LDE UTC) was found to be making “insufficient progress” in two out of the three themes assessed, and can now expect to be have its apprentice recruitment […]

Twelve academy trusts have been told to justify high levels of executive pay in their organisations. Eileen Milner, the head of the Education and Skills Funding Agency, has written to the trusts because their accounts show they paid someone more than £150,000 in 2017-18 or multiple people between £100,000 and £150,000. For two of the […]

Two in five pupils in England now enters the full suite of EBacc subjects, new data shows. Provisional key stage 4 performance data published today by the Department for Education shows the EBacc entry rate was 40 per cent this year, up from 38.4 per cent in last year’s provisional results. However, the national picture […]

The government has released provisional key stage 4 data this morning that reveals how schools have fared in headline accountability measures. The data includes figures on progress and attainment 8 measures, and also provides an update on EBacc figures. Please note that due to the variations in data for private school caused by iGCSEs, which […]

Ofsted’s reliance on data during inspections of initial teacher education may be covering up “weaknesses” across training partnerships, Amanda Spielman has admitted. The chief inspector acknowledged today that the watchdog’s current framework for initial teacher training inspection “places a lot of emphasis on data”, such as employment and completion rates, and that inspectors place “relatively […]

Government guidance for schools on the rights of pupils after Brexit “lacks clarity”, two unions have warned, after evidence came to light that some schools have spread “misinformation” to parents. The National Education Union and leadership union the NAHT have written to the education secretary Gavin Williamson to raise concerns over reports that parents have […]