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Immigrant found clinging to school bus

A headteacher has praised his pupils’ reaction after an illegal immigrant was discovered travelling under the school bus during…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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De Souza ‘relief’ after Ofsted investigation clears schools of tipping-off claims

The chief executive of a trust embroiled in allegations of tipping-off over the date of Ofsted inspections has spoken…

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Nicky Phillips
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Funding agency employees on the rise

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has significantly increased the size of its workforce in the past year, newly released…

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Nicky Phillips
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“Whole class interaction” is key to China maths success

Teaching techniques boost the maths results of Chinese primary school pupils compared with their peers in England, a study…

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Nicky Phillips
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National director at Ofsted to leave for multi-academy trust

Ofsted’s national director of inspection reform is to take the helm at a Cheshire multi-academy trust at the beginning…

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EXCLUSIVE: DfE to release free school application forms

The Department for Education (DfE) has agreed to release application forms submitted for all successful free schools, after a…

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Philip Nye


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EXCLUSIVE: Agnew resigns from Future Academies trust after just two months

Theodore Agnew, a non-executive director at the Department for Education (DfE), has resigned from his directorship of an academy…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Ofsted report reveals fall in school behaviour ratings

Schools are scoring less highly on behaviour relative to other factors since Ofsted introduced tougher inspection guidance in January,…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Ofsted investigation clears schools over ‘tipping-off’ claims

Three schools at the centre of allegations of tipping-off over the date of Ofsted inspections have been cleared in…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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The new regional schools commissioners

The lessons of London’s educational success over the past decade can be exported to other parts of the country,…

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Nicky Phillips
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Teachers report ‘inadequate’ algebra grasp among A-level maths students

Students embarking on maths A-level programmes often have an inadequate grasp of algebra, a survey of teachers has revealed….

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Force all schools to become academies by 2020, demands Policy Exchange

All schools in England should be forced to become academies in the next five years, the right-leaning thinktank Policy…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips