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Attacks on Jews spur the central government to deploy 170 anti-bullying experts in schools.
bbc
Published: 5 July 2018
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Currently councils can apply through the courts for a school attendance order (SAO) for the child to return to school if they believe the education on offer at home is unsuitable, in terms of educational...
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cypn
Published: 5 July 2018
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Councils are better at boosting the inspection grades of inadequate schools than academy chains, analysis of official figures suggests. Research by Angel Solutions found that 75 per cent of "inadequate"...
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cypn
Published: 5 July 2018
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A report based on a series of joint targeted area inspections conducted by Ofsted, which carried out the deep dive alongside inspectors from the Care Quality Commission, HM Probation, and HM Constabulary...
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cypn
Published: 5 July 2018
<img alt="Alan Wood to chair £20m social care evidence centre" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/80c5674f-9913-4f55-9839-404fa13fa7a6/1/alanwood-320x198.jpg" />
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Wood, president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) in 2014/15, will be instrumental in the creation of the What Works Centre, which aims to improve the use of evidence-based...
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cypn
Published: 5 July 2018
The once "outstanding" school in Essex is "inadequate" and needs special measures, inspectors say.
bbc
Published: 5 July 2018
Town hall bosses hail "compelling" evidence that local authorities are best for schools improvement.
bbc
Published: 5 July 2018
"Enthusiastic when working in a group" - or does that really mean "a proper bossy boots"?
bbc
Published: 5 July 2018
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Their study concludes the plans will produce inaccurate and unfair comparisons across children's primary school life, because a few months' difference in age can produce pronounced developmental differences...
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cypn
Published: 4 July 2018