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The government has revealed the key stage 2 attainment and progress scores schools will have to achieve to avoid falling “below the floor”. In 2018, a school will be above the floor if at least 65 per cent of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at key stage 2, or if it achieves “sufficient progress scores” in […]

The government has announced the names of 20 local authorities that can bid for a share of £50 million to build new schools and create 15,000 new places. Ministers say the areas, which will be allowed to bid for money from the new presumption free school grant, are those with the biggest need for new […]

Free schools supported by a premiership rugby team and a major broadcaster are among those due to open this week, the education secretary has announced. Fifty-four new free schools will open their doors today, offering places for around 40,000 pupils. A further six schools are expected to open later in the 2018-19 academic year, taking […]

Seven in ten parents believe headteachers aren’t doing enough to tackle bullying in schools, a new poll has revealed. The Diana Award, a young people’s charity, has published the results of a survey of thousands of adults and children, and called for help to put an “anti-bullying ambassador” in every school. The poll, by Survation and […]

The academies minister Lord Agnew has resigned from his roles at the Inspiration Trust, almost a year after he was appointed to his government role. Documents lodged with Companies House show that Agnew, a Department for Education minister and Conservative peer since September 2017, has been “terminated” as a director of the East Anglia chain. […]

Spending by schools on education consultancy increased almost threefold between 2002-03 and 2016-17, according to official Department for Education documents published today. New statistics published as part of a drive to cut school costs show that consultancy, back office costs and education support staff were the spending areas which saw the biggest real-terms increases over […]

The Department for Education plans to spend £2.3 million on at least 160 money-saving advisers who will be parachuted into struggling schools to help them cut costs. A team of school resource management advisers has been working with a small number of schools since January, providing “impartial, expert business advice” on how to make best […]

The release of a new government toolkit to help schools cut costs will make headteachers “justifiably furious”, the National Education Union has claimed. Damian Hinds, the education secretary, will today publish the government’s school resource management strategy, a document which aims to help schools save “up to a billion pounds through better procurement and buying strategies”. […]

New guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office about the impact of data protection rules on access to exam results has prompted a series of news stories about the rights of pupils. Here’s what schools (and their pupils) need to know.   1. The ICO guidance According to the ICO, pupils have a right to request […]