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John Roberts

John Roberts is SEND and inclusion editor at Tes magazine

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Joining MAT has ‘no positive effect’ on struggling primaries
The DfE has been urged to look at increased funding and ways to improve teacher retention for schools ‘stuck’ on low Ofsted gradings
General
7 June 2022
New research has found that joining a MAT has not delivered improvements for stuck primary schools.
Outwood Grange chief Martyn Oliver knighted
The Queen’s Birthday Honours List includes eight multi-academy trust leaders this year. Here are the recipients from the schools sector
General
1 June 2022
Martyn Oliver, the chief executive of Outwood Grange Academies has been knighted in the Queen;s Birthday Honours list.
Exclusive: 4 in 10 would not go into teaching again
Almost half of school staff polled would actively discourage others from going into teaching
General
27 May 2022
Four in ten teachers, middle and school leaders in England would not go into the profession if given a chance to start their career over.
Herrington quits as national schools commissioner
Dominic Herrington to leave DfE amid shake up of how department oversees schools
General
26 May 2022
Dominic Herrington is leaving his role as national schools commissioner.
Covid: Nearly 1 in 4 pupils persistently absent in autumn term
DfE data shows illnesses, including Covid, pushed number of persistently absent pupils to 1.6 million
General
26 May 2022
Covid rates led to more than 1.5 million pupils being persistently absent in the first term of the academic year.
‘Lack of clarity’ over schools being forced to join MATs
Government sets out how it plans to ensure all schools join multi-academy trusts by 2030 – but ‘what happens if schools do not play ball’, union leader asks
General
25 May 2022
Heads have asked if the DfE will compel schools to become academies in order to meet its targets.