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Single textbook approved for maths mastery teaching

The government has approved just one textbook as part of its £41 million maths mastery programme – falling short...

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Sports premium to double – but too late for many schools’ budgets

The PE and sports premium will double from September, Justine Greening has confirmed, but primary heads believe it will...

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Sheffield school to sack TAs then rehire as ‘teaching fellows’

A primary school in Sheffield wants to sack the majority of its teaching assistants before rehiring them as “fellows”...

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Academy in shadow of Grenfell could stay shut until Easter

The school just yards from the Grenfell Tower blaze in west London will start the next academic year in...

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Two organisations named to deliver government’s new ‘school leader’ qualifications

The government is to launch revamped leadership qualifications for school leaders in September using two organisations incorporating over 100...

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Two schools fail cladding fire safety tests

Two schools in London have been found to have combustible cladding during tests carried out by the government following...

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Private-state partnership project fails to collect necessary data

The government spent over £175,000 on partnership projects between state primaries and independent schools, but cannot measure how effective they...

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DfE doesn’t know how many free schools have sprinklers

The government has admitted it does not know how many free schools have been built without fire-preventing sprinklers. The...

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Academy to slash breaks and extend day to meet new GCSE demands

An academy’s plans to slash its lunchtime break and extend the school day is the latest example of a...

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