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VAT loopholes make Labour private school plan ‘tricky’
After-school clubs and reduced VAT on boarding school students could reduce tax bill for independent schools if Labour pushes ahead with fee levy, say experts
After school club
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Lack of exam data ‘put Ofsted under pressure’
Chief inspector shares her experiences and tells academy trust sector conference that MAT inspections are inevitable
Amanda spielman october 2023
Covid inquiry: ‘Mistake’ to keep schools shut
Former children’s tsar tells inquiry the government failed to ‘realistically prepare’ for Covid lockdowns and mitigate their long-term impact on pupils
Major mistake to keep schools closed in 2020
Tes News podcast conference special: The end of A levels?
Join the Tes News team as we discuss the prime minister’s plan for a new post-16 qualification, the Advanced British Standard, and look ahead to the Labour Party’s conference in Liverpool
Podcast sunak
DfE drawing up country-wide MAT growth plans
The DfE is looking at producing subregional plans for areas such as London, setting out how it expects trusts to grow, a regional director has revealed
Country wide MAT growth plans
Labour Party conference: What can teachers expect?
After Rishi Sunak revealed his big plan for post-16 education at his party’s conference, how will the opposition respond?
What can teachers expect from the Labour Party conference?
Fears catch-up progress will be lost as schools face costs struggle
Some schools are questioning the point of getting tutoring ‘up and running’ when funds are set to disappear next year
Struggle with costs stones and money
‘Outstanding’ grade ‘out of reach’ for ‘good’ schools
Tes analysis showing huge fall in ‘good’ schools being given the top rating by Ofsted reveals how it is now a ‘binary’ inspection grading system, warn leaders
Out of reach
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Barran: Each school should get a DfE attendance ‘deep dive’
The academies minister said a ‘more detailed diagnostic on the root causes of non-attendance’ is needed
DfE attendance deep dives
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‘We must do more for teacher-fathers’
For the final piece in the series looking at how parenthood impacts teachers, Emma Sheppard discusses how conditions for teacher-fathers and partners can be improved
Father teachers
Is the end nigh for performance-related pay?
Wales dropped PRP for teachers in 2020 in favour of yearly pay rises. Could England follow suit? Grainne Hallahan follows the money
Is the end nigh for performance-related pay?