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Accounts Watch: Academy trust chief gets £85,000 severance pay-out

Chief reporter John Dickens launches our new weekly column with some of the most interesting findings from academy trust accounts for the 2015-16 financial year. An academy trust chief executive who resigned after a misconduct investigation received a payout of of more than £85,000. Denise Shepherd was suspended as chief executive of the Thinking Schools […]

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Parents could be criminalised for keeping sick children off school, father to argue at Supreme Court case over term-time holidays

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/01/30/parents-could-criminalised-keeping-sick-children-school-father/

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Robots could help solve social care crisis, say academics

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The crisis in care of the elderly might be partly solved by robots with a good bedside manner.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38770516

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John Blake appointed education chief at Policy Exchange

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A former union activist and founder of the grassroots Labour Teachers website has been appointed as head of education at right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange. John Blake will leave his role as history consultant and leading practitioner at the Harris Federation to take on the new head of education and social reform position. He replaces Jonathan

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Oxford University leads Europe for $1bn business start-ups

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/01/30/oxford-university-leads-europe-1bn-business-start-ups/

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Michaela School advertises for 'tough love' detention role

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The "detention director" job requires someone who believes in order, discipline and obedience.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38796801

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'Alarming' number of teacher attacks, NUT Cymru says

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There have been more than 4,500 attacks on teachers by pupils over the past three years in Wales, figures for the NUT union show.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-38761942

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Teenager: So lonely 'I wanted to die'

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A teenager explains how loneliness made her want to take her own life.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38796554

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South Yorkshire transgender child on her transition

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The family of a transgender child, who was born a boy but now lives as a girl, speak out about her transition.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-38787706

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Tory MPs rebel over cash for rural schools

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/01/30/tory-mps-rebel-cash-rural-schools/

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