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Ofsted wins appeal against Durand Academy High Court ruling

Ofsted has won its appeal against a decision by the High Court to quash its negative report into the troubled Durand Academy in south London. The Court of Appeal ruled today that that the judge was “wrong to conclude that Ofsted’s complaints procedures are unfair in serious weakness/special measures cases, and that it was wrong to […]

Two thirds of academy trusts have below-average results for disadvantaged pupils

Two in three academy trusts are under-performing with regard to poorer pupils, a new report has found. New research into how the sponsored academies programme has served the interests of disadvantaged pupils across the country has found “significant variation” in outcomes for pupils eligible for free school meals. Analysis by professors Becky Francis and Merryn Hutchings found […]

DfE paid 拢9k for minister’s business class trip to Argentina

The academies minister Lord Agnew and three advisers were flown to Argentina this summer at a cost of more than £9,000, government documents reveal. A record of ministers’ international travel published by the Department for Education lists a “return international flight to Argentina” taken by Agnew and three officials in September this year as having […]

2021 key stage 2 SATs will clash with Eid, DfE reveals

It “may be appropriate” for schools to vary their SATs timetables in 2021 because the test week is set to coincide with the Muslim festival of Eid, the Department for Education has said. The government has revealed today that key stage 2 SATs are timetabled from Monday May 10 to Thursday May 13 in 2021. […]

Government names first 25 areas to get school ‘mental health support teams’

Schools in 25 English areas will be the first to receive help from new mental health support teams. The Department for Education and Department of Health have named the “trailblazer” areas for the new teams, which will work with around 8,000 children and up to 20 schools each from late 2019. It comes after the […]

DfE’s teaching jobs board won’t reach all schools until April 2019

The national roll-out of a long-awaited state-run teacher jobs website won’t be complete until next April, the government has confirmed, prompting concerns that thousands of schools could miss out on savings. The Department for Education said in September that its free “national teaching vacancies service” would be rolled out to the final two regions of […]