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Excellent article by Becky Francis in Schools Week. 'Our ambition is ‘high standards for all’. We must aim high, drive up standards for all our young people, and ensure that none are left behind.' schoolsweek.co.uk/what-do-we-m... Highly recommend reading #curriculum #schoolleaders

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‘Our ambition is ‘high standards for all’. We must aim high, drive up standards for all our young people, and ensure that none are left behind’ @beckyfrancis.bsky.social writes for Schools Week in our latest Curriculum Conversation schoolsweek.co.uk/what-do-we-m...

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Super thorough piece (from two former edu journos no less) explaining the difficulties Bridget Phillipson has run in to, from both a political and sector perspective

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A landmark ruling on employees’ free speech rights this week. Don’t miss this analysis 👇

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Private equity-owned independent special schools which charge councils fees of up to £131,000 a year are among hundreds that have failed Ofsted standards checks @rosafurneaux.bsky.social investigates 👇 schoolsweek.co.uk/private-spec...

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Outwood Grange trust plans to extend the school day by 30 minutes so kids can study topics in more depth, and to meet the government’s expectation that schools open for 32.5 hours The school day currently ends at 2.30pm But unions are threatening strikes unless this is dropped

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Teach First has revealed James Toop will be its new chief executive from this summer

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Great investigation from @rhistorer.bsky.social revealing big concerns about Labour’s flagship free breakfast clubs trial - particularly over funding not covering costs If this isn’t ironed out, it would have huge implications when rolled out nationally

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Labour has been slammed for its academy reforms. Just this week, one vocal head claimed they’d ’destroy schools’ But what does the wider trust sector think? Our poll with @eduriocom.bsky.social tells a different story - and most actually say reforms will not affect them …

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The government is reviewing its academy trust CEO development programme, just a year after it launched schoolsweek.co.uk/new-academy-...

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Edition 384 sneak peek: Scoop: Most trust CEOs not affected by academy reform @eduriocom.bsky.social Investigation: Heads snub breakfasts pilot Analysis: behaviour gets better grades- is it really getting better? A reply to our central teams probe 👀 The £100k, failing private special schools

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If anyone knows any schools that don't do this - and can say not a single teacher works extra hours - I'd LOVE to hear from you and feature them in Schools Week (so we can spread any lessons on how it's done) Drop me a DM!

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This is brilliant and so well-deserved for @samanthajbooth.bsky.social and the whole @schoolsweek.bsky.social team who do such excellent work in investigative journalism for our sector

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This is so deserved. It's been such an undercovered issue for so long despite the growing crisis. When I write about it @samanthajbooth.bsky.social's work is always invaluable.

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Well then …

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We’ve all read one side of the story - so what does the DfE say happened when Birbalsingh met Phillipson? We’ve obtained the full minutes 👇

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SO proud @samanthajbooth.bsky.social has been shortlisted for specialist journalist of the year at The Press Awards Her phenomenal investigative journalism has blazed the way in revealing the sorry state of our country's broken special needs system ... www.thepressawards.com/finalists/sa...

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Good to see the Beeb following up our stories about Stoke - the first big PFI schools contract to end, and it’s going terribly badly Does not bode well for these deals starting to wind down across the country schoolsweek.co.uk/pfi-disputes...

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⚽ The holiday activities and food programme will continue from April, ministers have confirmed, but funding beyond the next financial year is subject to the spending review

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❗️Four of five government-funded mental health interventions in schools actually led to ‘negative’ or ‘adverse’ results, landmark study found

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Is government forgetting the hard-earned lessons of the past about the importance of governance?

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Super piece - one for the FOI nerds

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Exclusive: The vast majority of 'stuck schools' targeted for improvement are already academies – and a third won’t be eligible for help because they’ve already undergone 'structural change' Super analysis from @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social schoolsweek.co.uk/who-are-the-...

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Update: The Home Office has confirmed that Prevent referrals involving children will be "routinely" escalated to the programme's highest level of support. Schools Week recently revealed that just 8% of school referrals end up being supported through the programme. schoolsweek.co.uk/child-preven...

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We’ve done an annual CEO pay audit for years, but we’ll now be doing an annual analysis into trust central team costs Data on them is really not clear, but we’ve had a look into what the biggest trusts do, and why 👇 schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-trus...

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Super, in-depth analysis from @lydiach.bsky.social on Ofsted reforms in today’s edition: big concern over grade reliability, new toolkits, workload implications and the speed of changes The schools sector has been heavily critical of report card plans - but, parents do seem to like them

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Cracking piece from @cbokhove.bsky.social and @johnjerrim.bsky.social on the fundamental issue at the heart of new Ofsted report cards - grade reliability schoolsweek.co.uk/report-card-...

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Are you officially middle age when you get a bread machine and cookbook for your birthday? (Asking for a friend)

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More DfE funding cuts - big scoop from @ukshane.bsky.social and @feweek.bsky.social

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Edition 383 done and dusted Splash: Sector has its say on Ofsted report cards Analysis: who are the 600 ‘stuck’ schools? Investigation: MAT central teams get bigger Scoop: Trust boss offers defamation support to staff Opinions: Governance, workload, Ofsted, inclusion

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Our Ofsted quiz has been completed by nearly 3,200 people! The average score is 2.9, which I think paints a damning picture of Ofsted’s toolkits given most were schools people Just 169 people got all five right! (congrats if that’s you – you’re in the top five per cent) Q3 problematic!

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An update (before bed): 1,700 responses! (I hear the quiz is being shared in lots of edu what’s app groups…) And the average has slightly worsened - now 2.9! So if you’re getting anything above three - you’ve done well and perhaps consider applying to be an inspector

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My strategy for getting 💯 on this was genuinely choosing each option that sounded like it led to higher workload for school staff.

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I got 4/5. But it is not straightforward.

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I strode confidently into this thinking that I was a well-versed decipherer of edu-mumbo-jumbo but I scored just 2/5. The Ofsted reforms really are comically bad.

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So, nearly 400 people have done our Ofsted Grade Confusion quiz The average score is 3 out of 5 - meaning people are on average getting TWO wrong! Question 3 (below) is causing particular problems - just 37% got it right!! I only know one person so far who has got full marks …

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This quiz achieves the rare feat of being hilarious, difficult and absurd at the same time. Kudos.

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