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Let schools hire NQTs on short-term deals to solve recruitment blockage

Schools should be given extra cash to appoint newly qualified teachers for short-term stints to cover any staff illnesses…

James Carr
James Carr
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Kate Green appointed shadow education secretary

Kate Green has been appointed as the new shadow education secretary. The MP for Stretford and Urmston, a former…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Don’t go back’ advice for shielders will be updated next week

School staff who are shielding because they are clinically extremely vulnerable are still being advised not to go to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Some assessment could be moved to earlier in 2021, suggests heads’ union

Some assessment in 2021 should be moved to earlier in the year rather than delay exams, a leadership union…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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AP heads call on government to fund specialist sixth forms

Alternative Provision (AP) headteachers are calling for funding to set up specialist sixth forms to stem the thousands of…

James Carr
James Carr
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Schools to keep copyright of Oak’s online lessons

Schools will own the copyright of lessons produced for Oak National Academy under its £4.3 million government-funded expansion next…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Catholic schools demand government support as transport costs soar

The national body representing Catholic schools is lobbying the government for help with school transport, warning that charges could…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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All quiet on FSM voucher ‘safety mechanisms’

There is no evidence that the national free school meals voucher scheme has built-in safety mechanisms that stop the…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Admissions review won’t look at long-promised changes for summer-borns, says DfE

A consultation on changes to school admissions will not propose changes for summer-born children, the Department for Education has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New admission rules proposed to crackdown on schools refusing ‘challenging’ pupils

The government plans to overhaul admission rules to crackdown on schools wrongly turning away pupils with special education needs…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Head says she was suspended for ‘being honest’ about teachers ‘sat at home doing nothing’

A headteacher has hit out about her suspension for suggesting during an interview on local radio that some of…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Revealed: How whole year-group bubbles could work

Top academy bosses have suggested “bubbles” of full year groups may be the only way to get all secondary…

James Carr
James Carr