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Supreme Court strikes again in latest ruling on teacher’s pay deductions
Here are ‘need to know’ details on the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Hartley and others –v- Kind Edward VI College [2017] in respect of deductions from teachers’ pay whilst on strike.
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What structure would suit us best as we convert to academy status?
As the move towards being an academy becomes reality for many schools, they start to consider what structure might suit them best.
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What knowledge and skills does the governing body of an academy need?
Although the changes affect everyone from teachers to pupils to parents, the governing body is expected to take a very new role in an academy, and governors are often those that need the most help in managing this change.
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What are the challenges of converting to an academy school?
We’ve all seen it in the news. It has been writ large across the face of the secondary education sector for some time now. The ‘academisation’ of schools (the most inelegant of terms) is fast approaching and although there has been some change of heart in the government ranks it still looks likely that the […]
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RAISEonline 2016 has been released
Today sees the publication of this year’s RAISE and the release of its new format.
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We dont need no education
School governor, disciplinary review committee member, and Head of The Education Team at The Endeavour Partnership LLP, Nick Dent considers the recent decision of the High Court of Justice that Jon Platt has no case to answer for refusing to pay a fine for taking his six-year-old daughter out of school for a family trip […]
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