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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…

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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…

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Campaigners say religious schools should now offer suitable secular alternatives for pupils withdrawn from collective worship after a school…

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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,…

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John Dickens
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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…

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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