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Catholic trusts plan expansion in the North West

Proposals come after the launch of the Archdiocese of Liverpool’s academisation strategy and amid wider consolidation of Catholic schools

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MAT merger plan called off after ‘aggressive’ opposition

Pennine Alliance Learning Trust and Trinity Multi-Academy Trust had been exploring a possible merger, but the process has now ended with one chair stepping down

Inspired snaps up Geneva English School

The acquisition in Switzerland takes the international school group's global total to at least 126 schools as market consolidation continues apace

‘Parents are people, too,’ schools told in guidance on complaints

Government-approved guidance has been issued for schools and parents in response to staff facing a rising number of complaints

Government backs international schools to drive £40bn export goal

International Education Strategy gets its first update since 2019, as Labour touts demand for UK education worldwide

Government launches ‘tougher’ guidance on phones in schools

Ofsted will check mobile phone policies in every inspection, with schools expected to be 'phone-free by default'

Gilruth calls for primary teachers to move to secondaries

Scotland's education secretary 'urgently' wants to find 'creative ways' to encourage primary teachers to retrain for the secondary sector to help with staffing problems

GLF Schools posts £3m surplus as reserves rise to £17m

The 43-school trust says the improvement in its finances reflects 'strong expense management and receipt of unbudgeted income'

Inspired Education shuffles UK leadership team

Ashley Harrold will head up UK operations, while former Gumtree CEO will take over the Online Schools division

Teachers to be reballoted on strike action in Scotland

EIS members are to vote again on strike action over workload, with the teaching union hitting out at 'restrictive' laws that meant it failed to win a mandate from its initial ballot

Most schools ‘can’t afford the basics’

With the biggest teaching union due to hold a ballot on strike action, nearly three-quarters of members polled say their school cannot afford basic provision

Scottish private school to expand overseas

Glenalmond College in Perthshire has unveiled plans to open a campus in Thailand later this year

Don’t deny special schools new libraries, government told

The government has committed to ensuring that all primary schools have a library by 2029 – but it has not confirmed whether special schools are included

MAT inspections: leaders warn of duplication and ‘poor value for money’

School sector leaders raise concerns about the value, purpose and equity of the government plan to push ahead with Ofsted inspections of multi-academy trusts

Most senior Ofsted inspectors feel nervous to reveal role

Almost two-thirds of HMI are looking for a new job, and a further third admit they are not proud of their position, according to exclusive findings shared with 91¶¶Òõ

Revealed: where teacher pay falls furthest short of living costs

Teachers in London get thousands in pay uplifts to compensate for historically high housing costs. But, given that staff in many other parts of the country now also face high property costs, does the pay weighting system need reform? 91¶¶Òõ investigates

DfE: All teachers will get SEND and inclusion training

DfE announces a new expectation on training teachers to support pupils with SEND, with £200m funding for new courses

SEND reform: what have we learned from DfE listening exercise?

The government has finished a series of public engagement events ahead of announcing its plans for SEND. Here are the key issues to emerge

Ofsted inspects school that postponed Jewish MP visit

Labour MP Damien Egan's planned visit at Bristol Brunel Academy had sparked plans for a demonstration by pro-Palestinian activists

Children educated at home increase by 15% in a year

One in six children educated at home required SEN support, government figures show, although change in methodology may be a factor in overall rise

Ark CEO among 5 new Ofsted board members

The appointments come after Ofsted's chair recommended that the inspectorate's governing board should be 'revised'

Cambridge International issues November IGCSE and O-level results

112,000 students in 128 countries received results today in the latest international exams results day for Southern Hemisphere students

Scholar could ‘cease operating’ after quarter of a century

Scottish online learning platform has seen more than a million student enrolments since 1999, but university host warns the current funding model is ‘not sustainable’

‘Urgent need’ to improve RSHE, research shows

Researchers from UCL warn too many students are taught by non-specialists, and teachers need training to avoid 'very patchy education'

ISP continues global expansion by adding its 113th school

American Academy Casablanca in Morocco is the latest school to be snapped up by International Schools Partnership amid an ongoing acquisition spree by large groups