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OECD at a glance
…with age. Schleicher is a big fan of academies in England. But this support for more autonomous schools comes with a big caveat: we also need outside checks and balances…
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Ofsted calls for ‘battlers’ to be new breed of headteacher
…state-funded academies. Meanwhile, the Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, called for the most talented teachers to be fast-tracked into headships as twenty-somethings. Speaking at a conference organised by the Sutton Trust…
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Ofsted chief criticises independent schools’ lack of help for state schools
Richard Adams reported for The Guardian from the Sutton Trust/Carnegie summit Independent schools should lose their charitable status unless they volunteer to run state academies, the UK’s chief schools inspector…
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Primary selection
…all – London boroughs and in areas outside London where there are strong faith-based, particularly Catholic, state schools. There does seem to be a higher propensity for some academies and…
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Conor Ryan
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Debate on education in Yorkshire dotted with mentions of Sutton Trust and EEF
…among the top 25% of marks at GCSE”. Richard Burgon, Labour MP for Leeds East, in commenting on the government’s academies plans, referred to both editions on Chain Effects and…
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Education Secretary agrees to Sutton Trust policy recommendation in Committee hearing
…existing academies. The Education Secretary agreed that this should be the case, adding that she had read the Sutton Trust’s brief on the budget education debate and had discussed character…