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DfE wants British sign language GCSE ‘as soon as possible’

Ministers are aiming to introduce a British sign language GCSE “as soon as possible” – and have pledged to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools with excessive pay risk missing out on maintenance cash

Academies that can’t demonstrate good governance and show “restraint” in their chief executive pay face being denied access to maintenance…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE corrects mistakes in 2018 primary testing data

The Department for Education has updated headline results for last year’s phonics screening check and key stage 1 SATs…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Union raises safety fears as Ormiston considers support staff redundancies

A union representing support staff at Ormiston Academies Trust has warned plans to cut caretaking and maintenance jobs could…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Parliamentary knife crime group calls for investigation into alternative provision

A parliamentary group tasked with tackling knife crime has called on the government to urgently investigate capacity and the…

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Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Changes to early learning goals reduce teacher workload – but might not help prepare pupils for KS1

Proposed changes to the early years learning goals have been found to help reduce teacher workload, but may not…

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Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Ofsted denied access to ‘closed’ private school site

A private school that told the government it had closed down may still be in operation, Ofsted has warned,…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE ‘set councils up to fail’ on SEND reforms, says education committee

An influential committee of MPs has accused the Department for Education of having “set local authorities up to fail”…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Education committee SEND report: The 6 key recommendations

A cross-party committee of MPs has published a landmark report on the state of provision for pupils with special…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Rebrokered free schools won’t keep Steiner ethos, says new trust

An academy trust selected to take over three failing Steiner schools is preparing to move them away from the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Schools lose £2.8m under English and maths retakes rule

Schools in England have lost more than £2.8 million in funding this year after failing to enrol thousands of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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No enforcement order against NASUWT over general secretary’s term of office

The NASUWT teachers’ union made a “genuine error” in failing to call an election before its general secretary’s term…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker