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Why girls are shunning a-level physics

Carol Davenport wants to boost the number of young people taking A-level physics, especially girls and those from under-represented…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Research won’t ‘tell teachers what to do’

Professor Dylan Wiliam believes that education will always “fall short” of being a research-based profession. Dr Wiliam (pictured), emeritus…

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Nick Linford
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ResearchED 2014 begins

The second researchED conference has kicked off, with several hundred teachers, researchers, academics and policy makers packing into Raine’s…

Philip Nye
Philip Nye
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LIVE: researchED in pictures

This page will be updated all day with photos from the researchED conference, taking place at Raine’s Foundation school…

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Philip Nye
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Government forced to rethink £1.2m three bed house bought for free school

A £1.2m “historic residence” purchased for a new free school may not be used after the Education Funding Agency (EFA) agreed to consider alternative…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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ResearchEd returns to energise and ‘inoculate’ against bad research

The organisers of the ResearchEd conference have promised a packed schedule that will bring the best of education research…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Hunt continues his attack on government over infant class sizes

Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt (pictured) yesterday continued his attack on the Government over infant class sizes, after the…

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Nick Linford
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Schools Minister could give Sikh free school second chance to open this year

A Sikh-ethos free school that had its funding pulled less than a week before it was due to open…

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Nick Linford
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Ahead of the newspaper publishing its first edition on 19 September simply click here to subscribe for a year…

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Trojan Horse investigator claims the fear of Ofsted inspection put off potential whistleblowers

Potential Trojan Horse whistleblowers were put off from coming forward in fear of their comments sparking an Ofsted inspection,…

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Nick Linford
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Adonis calls for specialist 14 to 19 provision ‘like the Brit School’ in every region of the country

In an exclusive interview for Schools Week’s first issue, Andrew Adonis reaffirmed his belief that University Technical Colleges –…

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Nick Linford
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Latest figures suggest a fall in complaints about school admissions

School admission complaints appear to have fallen, new figures shared with Schools Week show, despite the start of a…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford