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Marginal seats set to benefit from £18m injection

An £18 million cash injection to boost social mobility in deprived areas has been called “pork-barrel politics” after it…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unions publish school funding constituency league table to sway voters

A new league table that allows voters to see how their constituency has been affected by real-terms funding cuts…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Illegal schools have ‘drills’ to avoid scrutiny, says Ofsted director

Illegal schools have prepared “drills” for Ofsted visits that include sending children “running out of every door” when inspectors…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted faces complaint over ‘oversimplified language’ in new reports

An academy trust has complained to Ofsted about the “oversimplified language” inspectors used to describe its failings at a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pre-U, A-level equivalent favoured by private schools, to be scrapped

A post-16 qualification that was popular with England’s private schools is to be scrapped, the exam board that administers…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Failing academies ‘left in limbo’ as lack of sponsors causes ‘bottleneck’

A bottleneck caused by a lack of sponsors means nearly two-thirds of ‘inadequate’ academies have failed to be transferred…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Schools told to reschedule flu vaccinations as nasal spray deliveries delayed

Schools have been told they will need to reschedule flu vaccination sessions planned for later this month after some…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Politics

Williamson repeats dodgy stat 24 hours after warning

The education secretary repeated misleading claims while lauding the Conservatives’ record on schools – a day after the statistics…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Blacklisted academies boss is working with schools again

The head of two failed free schools who was secretly blacklisted by the government is working with schools again…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Recruitment drive as Ofqual cracks down on non-compliance

Ofqual is beefing up its compliance teams as part of a crackdown on exam boards following high-profile mishaps and…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News, Politics

McDonnell: We’ll replace and upgrade schools with share of £150bn fund

Schools will receive money from a new £150 billion “social transformation fund” under a Labour government, John McDonnell will…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Politics

DfE reminds schools to ‘avoid partisan activity’ as election looms

School staff are being reminded to “avoid activity that could be construed as partisan or favouring a particular political…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker