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Teachers taking on unpaid extra duties to satisfy ‘brutal’ new inspections, warns NEU

Teachers are having to take on additional responsibilities without extra pay under Ofsted’s new inspection regime, the National Education…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Conservative manifesto 2019: the full list of schools policies

The Conservative party has published its manifesto for the 2019 general election today. There’s little new for schools other…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Government testing agency pays Pearson £3m (but won’t say why)

The education giant Pearson has been revealed as the mystery supplier who received £3 million from the Standards and…

James Carr
James Carr
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David Cameron’s £67m STEM scheme fails to deliver, new figures reveal

The government is failing to fulfil its promise to upskill 15,000 teachers in maths and science under a £67…

James Carr
James Carr
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‘We will not be gagged’ – heads switch to personal email accounts to campaign on school funding

Hundreds of headteachers have used their personal email addresses to warn election candidates about school funding pressures, vowing: “We…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Labour manifesto 2019: the full list of schools policies

The Labour Party’s official manifesto for the 2019 general election has officially been launched this morning in Birmingham. Besides…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Labour to raise school spending by £10.5bn and give teachers a 5% pay rise

Labour has vowed to increase the schools budget by £10.5 billion by 2022-23 and hand school staff a 5…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Late A-level entries drop to lowest rate in a decade

The proportion of A-level and AS-level entries made late by schools has dropped to the lowest level in at…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Investigation: Pupils ‘at risk’ as special school staff left to ‘fill gaps’ in medical care

Special school staff are being left “vulnerable” and fearful for their jobs because they have to pick up “increasingly…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Lib Dem manifesto: More SEND funding, no more EBacc and gender neutral school uniforms pledged

The Liberal Democrats will halve the amount schools pay towards high needs provision, abolish the EBacc and force all…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools urged to offer inclusive assemblies after trust concedes collective worship challenge

Campaigners say religious schools should now offer suitable secular alternatives for pupils withdrawn from collective worship after a school…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Chartered College tells ministers it won’t need further handouts

The Chartered College of Teaching has told ministers they will be self-sufficient from March and won’t need further funding,…

John Dickens
John Dickens