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London mayor Sadiq Khan announces £4.7m to ‘cut school exclusions’

A taskforce set up by the mayor of London Sadiq Khan will spend £4.7 million to cut school exclusions…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The subjects that qualify for extra post-16 funding

School sixth forms and colleges will get a share of an additional £55 million in funding next year, but…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE reverts to backing sole supplier for Teach First

The Department for Education appears to have abandoned any potential split in Teach First’s contract between several suppliers. Last…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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£18m to fund opportunity areas until 2021

The government has pledged £18 million to fund its “opportunity areas” programme for a further year. The announcement is…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Counting to 20 back in early years goals as DfE U-turns

The government has U-turned on plans to make pupils count to 10 – rather than beyond 20 – under…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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£500k repairs cash withheld from schools over cost-cutter visits

Ministers are withholding £500,000 for vital repairs from 17 schools because they haven’t agreed to a visit from Lord…

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John Dickens


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New inspections ‘still disadvantage’ less affluent schools, analysis suggests

Schools with challenging intakes are still disadvantaged under Ofsted’s new framework, suggests an analysis of the first inspections. Although…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE’s plans for new computing SCITT crash after no bids received

The Department for Education failed to attract a single bid to run its proposed national computing SCITT, but has…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Inspectors should be ‘sensitive’ selecting small school ‘deep dives’

Inspectors have been told to be “sensitive” in which subjects they choose for “deep dives” at smaller schools. The…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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‘Absolutely devastated’: Free school stuck in temporary premises closed by DfE

A free school that has failed to get planning permission for a permanent site over the last three years…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Free school rapped over board meeting in Ibiza

A free school whose trustees flew to Ibiza for a board meeting has been criticised by the government for…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE rushes out new ITT framework ahead of election

The Department for Education has unexpectedly published its new framework for initial teacher training, months earlier than planned. Last…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker