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Baroness Berridge confirmed as new academies minister

New education minister Baroness Berridge has taken on the school system brief previously held by Lord Agnew, the Department…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unions warn the DfE: Don’t short-change experienced teachers

The government’s proposals to reform teacher pay risk “short-changing” more experienced teachers and exacerbating retention problems, education unions have…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teaching’s ‘Oscars Night’: Get your nominations in

Schools from across the country are being urged to enter their star staff for a prestigious set of awards…

James Carr
James Carr
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After the storm: Who clears up when academy trusts collapse?

“I went through a calendar with someone in the first week and said: ‘I can see there is a…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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RSCs will give trusts ‘a steer’ on takeovers to avoid fruitless bids

The national schools commissioner has revealed academy trust bosses can get “a steer” on whether their plans to take…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ofsted slams ‘untenable tension’ in wake of school strikes

A school in which disgruntled staff staged a series of strikes has been put in special measures after Ofsted…

James Carr
James Carr


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Figures show rise in teacher mental health sick days

Massage treatments, 24/7 helplines and walking groups are among the services schools are providing to help teachers’ mental wellbeing….

James Carr
James Carr
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Ofsted: ‘Mass entry to BTECs is not always gaming’

Ofsted has moved to quash fears among schools that enrolling a high percentage of pupils in certain BTEC qualifications…

James Carr
James Carr
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Lord Agnew’s DfE career in Schools Week front pages

Lord Agnew, the former academies minister, has departed the Department for Education. The academy trust founder has got a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE in ‘serious data breach’ after naming whistleblowers

The government chose not to redact the names of three whistleblowers who gave evidence relating to cheating allegations against…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE proposes legal definition of ‘full-time’ education

The government is seeking to define what constitutes full-time education in law for the first time, as part of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Three-quarters of grammars turned down for £14.3m expansion cash

Six grammar schools across four local authority areas will split £14.3 million to expand and create an extra 1,100…

John Dickens
John Dickens