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• Tewkesbury school stabbing: Teacher Jamie Sansom recovering well

  11-07-2023 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jamie Sansom was attacked at Tewkesbury Academy but says he is expected to make a full recovery.
  
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• Inquest to examine Ofsted’s role in lead-up to death of headteacher Ruth Perry

  11-07-2023 19:56
  
  Berkshire coroner names schools inspectorate for England as ‘interested persons’ in inquiry Ofsted’s role in the events leading up to the death of the Berkshire headteacher Ruth Perry will be examined during an inquest later this year, a coroner has ruled.Heidi Connor, the senior coroner for Berkshire, named the schools inspectorate for England as “interested persons” as part of her inquiry into the death of the primary school leader, whose family say killed herself
  
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• Online Safety Bill: Algorithms that lead boys to Andrew Tate content targeted

  11-07-2023 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government is defeated by peers who want to stop social media algorithms causing harm.
  
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• Reading results fall after Sats test difficulty row

  11-07-2023 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some parents and teachers said this summer's reading paper was so tough it left children in tears.
  
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• Press release: Attainment in maths and writing SATs increases compared to 2022

  11-07-2023 17:53 via gov.uk
  
  Key Stage 2 results show an improvement in the majority of subjects as pupils continue to catch up from the pandemic.
  
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• Transparency data: Expected post-16 level 3 qualifications for 2025

  11-07-2023 17:40 via gov.uk
  
  A summary of the number and type of qualifications which awarding organisations intend to submit for approval from 2025.
  
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• Sats attainment in English primary schools still below pre-Covid levels

  11-07-2023 16:23
  
  Proportion of children meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined matches 2022 figure of 59%The academic attainment of primary schoolchildren in England remains significantly lower than before Covid, according to the latest Sats results, which are virtually unchanged from last year.The proportion of 10- and 11-year-old pupils meeting the government’s expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined remained at 59%, exactly the same as in the 2022 results, whic
  
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• Appeal court overturns disability strategy ruling

  11-07-2023 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Court of Appeal rules the High Court was wrong to find the government had acted unlawfully.
  
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• Ruth Perry: Family looking for answers at inquest

  11-07-2023 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ms Perry died in January after being told Caversham Primary received a critical Ofsted report.
  
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• Jason Arday: he learned to talk at 11 and read at 18 – then became Cambridge's youngest Black professor

  11-07-2023 11:00
  
  Diagnosed with autism as a child, Arday found his voice through speech therapy and his mother’s unflagging support. Now he is using it with the same tenacity that saw him run 30 marathons in 35 daysJason Arday believes in destiny. The University of Cambridge’s youngest Black professor, he joined its faculty of education in March 2023, at 37. Before then, he had been a professor at Glasgow and Durham universities; published three books of academic work, mainly focusing on race and edu
  
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• National Statistics: Key stage 2 attainment 2023: national headlines

  11-07-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Provisional national headline results for the 2023 national curriculum assessments at key stage 2.
  
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• Guidance: The reading framework

  11-07-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance for primary and secondary schools to meet existing expectations for teaching reading.
  
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• Wiltshire head teacher defends locking school toilets

  11-07-2023 07:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  She says having pupils going to the toilet during a lesson is "massively disruptive".
  
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• Joe Swash: Teenagers leaving care almost ‘set up for failure’

  11-07-2023 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The actor and TV star finds support can drop away for some teenagers leaving the care system.
  
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• Ending private school tax breaks would raise £1.5bn for state sector, thinktank says

  11-07-2023 01:01
  
  Labour’s pledge to remove independent schools’ tax benefits would have ‘limited effect’ on pupil numbers, according to research by IFSWarnings of a mass exodus from private schools if Labour carries out its pledge to scrap their tax breaks have been dismissed by a leading economic thinktank. .Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found that Labour’s plans to add VAT to private school fees would generate up to £1.5bn in additional revenue, “a
  
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