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Lib Dems pledge to boost teacher numbers by 20,000

The Liberal Democrats will pledge to increase teacher numbers in English schools by 20,000 over the next five years….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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End ‘shameful’ fire safety record with sprinklers for all schools, unions urge Williamson

The government has been told its “shameful” record on fire safety must end by unions who have demanded that…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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School funding bidding war escalates as Green Party pledges extra £4bn

The Green Party has pledged to increase the schools budget by at least £4 billion if it wins the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Councils crack down on home education as school attendance orders soar

The number of school attendance orders issued to home-educated pupils by councils across England has soared, as pressure mounts…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ex-WCAT schools won’t get any money back

Schools that were part of the failed Wakefield City Academies Trust won’t get back any of the money that…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Revealed: Councils paid £700k to ‘unsafe’ illegal school

Local authorities have been urged to maintain a list of registered independent education providers after it emerged six councils…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Purdah adds further delay to 5 late government consultations

Ministers are yet to respond to five consultations on new reforms as government shuts down for purdah, including one…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Revealed: DfE in £3m bailout of government-approved ICT supplier

The Department for Education paid £3 million to stop a cash-strapped ICT supplier to schools collapsing after it entered…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Number of teachers banned for life has halved

The number of teachers banned from the profession for life without the right to appeal last year has almost…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE expects school improvement too quickly, says former RSC

Failing schools need time to turn around, despite the Department for Education’s expectation of “quick” results, says a former…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Fact check: Conservative figures for Labour education spending don’t add up

The Conservative party’s high-profile dossier revealing the “£1.2 trillion cost” of Labour’s policies includes details for a schools policy…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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CEO: My trust ‘pays the price’ for being inclusive

An academy trust boss has said there is a “price to pay” in performance tables for having low exclusion…

John Dickens
John Dickens