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Free school in mobile classrooms for 5 years must join MAT before it gets new home

A free school run from mobile classrooms on a rugby field for five years has been ordered to join…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Agnew: ‘No point putting extra money in schools if it’s not being spent properly’

The academies minister Lord Agnew has said there’s no point putting extra cash into schools if “the current money…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Spielman: ‘We’re the arbiter of quality, whether you like it or not’

Ofsted’s grading system is “proven” and works, the chief inspector of schools has insisted, defying leaders’ demands for a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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68 winners scoop silver Pearson Teaching Awards for 2019

Inspirational teachers from across the country have been honoured today for their outstanding commitment to changing the lives of…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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New trust found for failing Steiner schools

An academy trust that runs seven Hindu schools has been chosen to take over three of the country’s four…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Teachers to strike over private school pension withdrawal

Teachers will go on strike at a private school on Friday in what has been described as a “test…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Deputy head suspended over Twitter posts after Tory leadership debate

A deputy headteacher who questioned the Conservative leadership hopefuls during their television debate on the BBC last night has…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Teacher workload has increased, and 8 other findings from TALIS 2018

A major international survey has revealed the views of thousands of teachers in England and across the world. The…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Gove: Give premier league clubs ‘responsibility’ to support free schools

Michael Gove has pledged to give Premier League football clubs a “responsibility” to support free schools if he become…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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4 things we learned from the Social Mobility Commission’s education committee hearing

The chair of the Social Mobility Commission faced a grilling at the education select committee today. Dame Martina Milburn pledged…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Edexcel further maths A-level paper replaced amid cheating concerns

An A-level paper due to be sat by thousands of pupils this Thursday is to be replaced amid concerns…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Want to reverse cuts and protect school budgets? That’ll be £4.9bn please

It would cost almost £5 billion to reverse funding cuts experienced by schools since 2009 and protect their budgets…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker