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Tory candidate wants grammar school in Croydon despite ban

The Conservative candidate for Croydon South told voters in an election video he “wants to see” a grammar school…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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‘They think it’s exclusive…but it’s done on a massive scale’ – inside the glossy mag that charges schools £3,500 for exposure

The Parliamentary Review “misleadingly implied” it was an official government magazine, the advertising watchdog has ruled. A Schools Week…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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4 key proposals from the Headteachers’ Roundtable election manifesto

The Headteachers’ Roundtable has today published its general election 2019 manifesto. The focus is on obtaining sufficient funding and…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Williamson’s plea for festive joy falls on deaf ears

Councils across England have snubbed Gavin Williamson’s offer of extra funding to find alternative polling stations so school nativities…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Relationships and sex education: 1 in 10 schools won’t consult parents

One in ten school leaders plan to ignore government demands to consult parents on developing new relationships and sex…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Reducing class sizes top priority for next government, say teachers

A third of teachers say reducing class sizes is their top priority for the next government as a new…

James Carr
James Carr


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DfE facing action over ‘wide ranging and serious’ data protection breaches

The Department for Education breached data protection rules over its controversial pupil nationality data collection and by sharing pupils’…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Just 3% of EdTech Innovation funding goes to resolving timetabling issues

The first wave of EdTech Innovation funding has been dished out – but just 3 per cent of the…

James Carr
James Carr
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Birmingham LA school downgraded from ‘outstanding’ for off-rolling

A Birmingham school has been downgraded from ‘outstanding’ after Ofsted found it was off-rolling pupils. Holte School becomes the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofsted flags Inspiration’s ‘flimsy’ response to ‘steep’ home education rise

Inspiration Trust has admitted the number of pupils moving to home education from one of its schools was “too…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Corbyn: Teachers having to buy ‘uniforms and mattresses’ for pupils

Teachers are being forced to buy “uniforms and even mattresses” for pupils because their parents cannot afford them, Jeremy…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Parliamentary Review ‘misleading’ over government links, advertising watchdog rules

A glossy magazine that charges heads thousands of pounds to publish content about their school was “misleading” over its…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker