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Labour would cap secondary class sizes at 30

Labour’s pledge to cap primary class sizes at 30 will also apply to secondary schools, Angela Rayner will announce…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Warnings over impact of Gove reforms and off-rolling on attainment gap

The attainment gap between poor pupils and their peers widens when off-rolled youngsters are taken into account, a new…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Blacklisted academy bosses were a one-off, says DfE

Academy bosses being secretly banned from running other schools has happened on just the one occasion, the government claims….

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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PISA 2018: Maths up, no improvement in reading or science

England’s pupils are performing better in maths, but have made no improvement in reading or science for 13 years,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School launches legal challenge saying ‘inadequate’ grade over gaming is ‘nonsensical’

A secondary school rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted for entering all its year 11 pupils into a vocational PE qualification…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Stats watchdog warns Tories and Labour over ‘unclear’ manifesto claims

Both the Conservatives and Labour made “unclear” statements about education in their election manifestos, the statistics watchdog has said….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Layla Moran: Our manifesto pledges will help deliver 20k teachers target

The Liberal Democrats are counting on their reforms to school accountability, testing and teacher pay and development to deliver…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Anti-terror schools project to branch out to boys at risk of far-right extremism

A project to deter vulnerable teenage girls from radicalisation may be extended to reach working-class boys at risk of…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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School mascot Brian the Lion has out-of-this-world experience

A primary school mascot captured an out-of-this-world selfie after being launched 20km into space. Westleigh Methodist primary school, in…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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First applications for UTCs in five years – but not as you know it

The first applications in five years have been lodged for new university technical colleges – but there’s a catch….

James Carr
James Carr
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Catholic academy trust bans ‘non-Catholic’ 11-plus exams in its schools

A Catholic academy trust has banned its 19 primary schools from hosting 11-plus exams that “promote non-Catholic schools”. In…

James Carr
James Carr
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Gorse trust criticised by Ofsted after leaders fail to explain movements to AP

An academy trust accused of planning to off-roll its underperforming pupils has been criticised over unexplained pupil moves and…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross