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Ban all watches from exam rooms and monitor dark web, malpractice commission says

All watches should be banned from exam rooms and awarding organisations should do more to monitor leaks of exam…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ex-NUT leader Christine Blower to become a Labour peer

Christine Blower, the former leader of the National Union of Teachers, will be made a Labour peer, it has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Johnson re-announces latest free schools application round

The prime minister has re-launched the latest free school application round – more than seven months after it was…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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AQA chief executive Toby Salt steps down

Professor Toby Salt, the chief executive of the AQA exam board, has stepped down after just over two years…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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No-deal Brexit ‘won’t water down school food standards’ – Williamson

The government’s standards for food served in England’s schools won’t be watered-down in the event of a no-deal Brexit,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Summer-borns: 60% of councils ‘more willing’ to accept delayed entries

Councils are increasingly open to allowing summer-born pupils to start school later, but parents still face a postcode lottery…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Ofsted’s off-rolling analysis reveals 13% spike in schools with ‘exceptional’ pupil movement

The number of schools with exceptional levels of pupil movement has risen by 13 per cent in one year,…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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SEND review launched to tackle ‘postcode lottery’ of support

The Department for Education has today launched a review into tackling the “postcode lottery” of support services available for children…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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New times-tables test ‘fails to tell 94% of teachers anything new about children’s ability’

The government’s multiplication tables check (MTC) failed to tell 94 per cent of school leaders anything new about the…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Ofsted’s inspection grace period won’t apply to full primary curriculum

Ofsted’s curriculum grace period will not apply to reading, writing and maths in primary schools. Further details of the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools hit by 17% rise in exam costs, new price guide shows

The cost of GCSEs and A-levels has soared by 17 per cent across the past three years, Ofqual’s first…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Gender gap widens, and 2 more 2019 key stage 2 SATS results findings

The government has today published further details of this year’s key stage 2 results, breaking them down by subsets…

John Dickens
John Dickens