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Heads want refunds after pupil premium change

Headteachers want refunds for the thousands of pounds they say they will lose after the government changed its method…

James Carr
James Carr
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Students make up half of respondents to ‘largest ever’ exams consultation

Nearly 47,000 students have responded to the government’s call to have their say on replacing exams this summer –…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Ofqual loses Stacey’s input as 2021 committee disbanded

An Ofqual committee originally set up to oversee the summer exam series is to be disbanded as GCSE and…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Why the government’s £400m laptops roll-out is crashing

An “amazing achievement”. That’s how Nick Gibb, the long-time schools minister, describes the progress of his department’s £400 million…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Externally-set papers aren’t ‘exams by the back door’, says Ofqual chief

Proposals for externally-set papers to help inform teacher grades this year are not “exams by the back door”, Ofqual’s…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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CfEY think tank chief Loic Menzies to stand down

The founder and chief executive of the Centre for Education and Youth think tank Loic Menzies is to stand…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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DfE confirms schools can reclaim lost cash after Covid testing funding change

Schools that could lose thousands of pounds because of a change in the way funding for Covid testing is…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Councils seize initiative to give Covid-19 vaccine to special school staff

Thousands of special school staff are being offered the Covid-19 vaccine as councils include them in the priority roll-out…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Speed read: Think tank calls for GCSEs to be scrapped by 2025

GCSEs should be scrapped by 2025 and replaced by computer-based assessments in the majority of national curriculum subjects, a…

James Carr
James Carr
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Disadvantaged primary pupils seven months behind peers due to Covid, study suggests

Disadvantaged primary school pupils are seven months behind their peers, according to the initial findings of a new study…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ministers favour priority for exam year groups if full March 8 school reopening not possible

The government wants to see exam year groups prioritised for return if a full school reopening on March 8…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE knew about new strain before issuing Greenwich direction, admits top civil servant

The Department for Education knew about the highly infectious new Covid-19 variant before ordering Greenwich council to rescind its…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker