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Did DfE mislead Parliament over no-deal Brexit preparations?

The Department for Education is facing accusations it “misled Parliament” after denying the existence of preparation plans for a…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Pearson apologises after BTEC gaffe hits schools’ progress 8 scores

Ministers have vowed to amend schools’ progress 8 scores after it was discovered some were as much as 0.2…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Retired head gets VIP message after special award win

Tony Blair has honoured one of the “pioneers” of the academies system, Ros McMullen, after she was presented with…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Noticeboard firm boss: Primary school slides ‘taken out of context’ and aren’t ‘pro-Boris propaganda’

A firm accused of beaming political “propaganda” into primary schools without consent has claimed screenshots of its videos have…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Phonics check pass rate falls for the first time

The proportion of year 1 pupils meeting the government’s “expected standard” in the phonics screening check has fallen for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools should ‘consider implications’ of teachers offering paid tuition, says Sutton Trust

Schools have been warned to “consider the implications” of teachers offering or promoting paid tuition after a survey found…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Academy trust leaders struggling to juggle finances and growth

The majority of academy trust leaders are worried that growth could have a negative effect on schools in their…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Ofsted warns of ‘excessive’ restraint after 300% rise in violence at ‘unsafe’ special school

“Excessive” use of restraint, growing violence and “serious” behaviour problems have been uncovered in a damning Ofsted report of…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Teachers want professional help to tackle exclusions, says RSA

Teachers want help from professionals to tackle exclusions rather than undergoing more training, a new survey has found. A…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Extend free school meals to secondary pupils, says shadow minister

Labour should look to extend the availability of free school meals to secondary schools “at the earliest possible opportunity”,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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State schools fall behind in harnessing alumni to boost pupils’ job prospects

Private schools are more than twice as likely as their state counterparts to call on alumni to help open…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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17 new free schools opened with no sports facilities

Seventeen free schools that opened last year did not have any on-site sports facilities, the government has admitted. A…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross