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Cruddas urges ministers to tackle retention and recruitment
Academies sector leader Leora Cruddas tells the Westminster Education Forum that action is needed to address ‘fragility’ in the school system on funding and teacher supply
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MAT chief: Give councils power to trigger academy rebrokering
But Sir Jon Coles, CEO of United Learning, says local authorities should not have a role running multi-academy trusts
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Scrap catch-up subsidy clause or cash will go ‘unspent’, Gibb warned
Exclusive: Schools minister urged to remove the requirement for schools to subsidise 40% tutoring costs to increase take-up
Scrap catch-up subsidy clause or cash will go ‘unspent’, Gibb warned
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Oak: Resources will only be available in the UK
Oak will give specific exceptions for international access in times of crisis, such as the war in Ukraine
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Exclusive: Academy target at risk as trusts fight for ‘survival’
The government’s target for all schools to be in a multi-academy trust by 2030 is in jeopardy because financial pressures have forced trusts to halt expansion, experts warn
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Will a machine soon be doing your marking?
With an increasing number of AI-powered feedback generators in development, machine learning looks set to cut teachers’ marking workloads. But how close are we to that reality, and would the sector welcome it? Zofia Niemtus and Kate Parker investigate
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DfE accused of ‘gaslighting’ teacher training providers
Teacher training leader questions assurances that he was given by the government over the controversial shake-up of the sector
Humorous mobile cloud computing conceptual around head
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