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False widow spiders force London school to shut

A school in north London had to close following a false widow spider infestation. The Michaela Community School, in…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
CPC, News, Politics

Williamson pledges a maths school in every region

Gavin Williamson has pledged to open a maths free school “in every region” of England. The education secretary made…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government spending plans ‘leave 80% of schools worse off next year’

Government spending plans will still leave four in five schools worse off next year than they were in 2015,…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Two in five don’t trust government to run schools well – poll

More people distrust government when it comes to running schools well than trust them, new data shows. A ComRes…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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20,000 sent to faith schools despite requesting secular education

More than 20,000 children started at faith schools in England this month, despite choosing secular schools as their first…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Free schools have a ‘branding problem’ says NSN director

Free schools have a “branding problem” and the “political will” behind them has diminished in recent years, the director…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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School that couldn’t prove banned head was kept from classroom criticised by Ofsted

Ofsted has criticised a school that failed to prove its head teacher was being kept away from the classroom…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Still no investigation into trust that spent £100k repairs cash on staff salaries

Ministers are still deciding whether to investigate a trust that spent £100,000 of cash for building repairs on staff…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Who were the winners of The Careers & Enterprise Company Annual Awards 2019?

This week the Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) celebrated the work of schools, colleges, businesses, and careers professionals with…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Sprinklers installed in just 3% of schools that had fires in last 5 years

Sprinklers were installed in just 3 per cent of English schools where fires broke out in the past five…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Almost 1 in 3 teachers report kids being withdrawn from RE, and 4 other NATRE survey findings

Schools are failing to meet their legal obligations to teach religious education (RE), a new poll from the National…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Williamson backs ‘Rolls Royce-level’ degree apprenticeships for teachers

Gavin Williamson has backed the idea of a teaching apprenticeship for non-graduates, saying that the government should not limit…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker