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Headteacher sackings reach record high

A record number of headteachers and deputies were sacked last year, a union has warned, drawing comparisons with the hiring and firing of football managers.

Start small, think big

TES - March 2012 Private provider wants to run 2,000 schools, with John Lewis-style bonuses for staff.

Curriculum changes pushed back to 2014

BBC News - December 2011

North East school to receive cash to help poorer children

Journal Live - 13th December 2011 NORTH East schools are to receive more than £31m in extra funding to help pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Darlington - Academies facilities opened up

The Northern Echo - 23rd November A SCHOOL is hoping to attract 2,000 people from the community every week to use its sports and arts facilities out of hours.

Computer lessons are out of date admits government

The Guardian - 28th November 2011 Computer lessons are out of date and too easy in English schools, the government has warned.

How to foster innovation in education

The Guardian - 18th November

Urban schools face 10% cuts under national funding deal

TES Magazine - 18 November 2011 Institute for Fiscal Studies reveals ‘large losses’ in proposed formula

IFS: 'winners and losers' in school funding revamp

The Telegraph - 18th November 2011

Gove applauds growth in academies

More than 40% of secondary schools in England are now or about to become academies, according to figures from the Conservatives.

Free schools: How they were set up

BBC News - September 2011

Academy Funding

24th August 2011 - www.education.gov.uk

Sponsoring a school to become an academy

Source www.education.gov.uk - 19th August 2011

Gove's academies: 1980's idea rebranded?

BBC News - Education and Family Mike Baker

Mistakes 'mean some academies overpaid or underpaid'

BBC News - 16th June 2011  Angela Harrison  

Four academies opening every school day

Department of Education - 5th July 2011 801 academies now open – more than a fifth of all secondary schools.

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