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Revealed: The 22 new free schools approved by DfE

A chunk of the new 22 free schools approved today will open in academy trusts that have expanded rapidly…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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We’ll build trust in our school funding stats, says DfE chief

The Department for Education’s most senior civil servant has said he wants to build the department’s reputation as “a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Investigation launched after pupils given question ‘copied’ from textbook

An investigation has been launched after it emerged a question used in the Edexcel GCSE maths paper 3 this…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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International teachers struggle with poor pupil behaviour in English schools

International teachers struggled to settle in English schools because of poor pupil behaviour and heavy workloads, a new government…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofsted downgrades hundreds more ‘outstanding’ schools

Almost a third of previously ‘outstanding’ schools inspected since last September have dropped to ‘requires improvement’ or ‘inadequate’, Ofsted…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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First choice offers fall for both primary and secondary schools

The proportion of pupils getting their first choice offers for both primary and secondary schools fell this year, as…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Ministers warned over RSE ‘loopholes’ as Charedi schools seek to block LGBT teaching

Ministers have been accused of leaving “loopholes” in new relationships and sex education guidance after it emerged some Jewish…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Respect our staff’ – union posters seek to stop pupils and parents abusing teachers

Schools are being encouraged to put up posters to make it clear to pupils, parents and visitors that they…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Give WCAT’s leftover cash to schools it left behind, says MP

Money handed back to the government by an academy trust that collapsed two years ago must be returned to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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11-plus provider CEM bought by Cambridge Assessment and Cambridge University Press

The University of Durham’s Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM), a leading provider of the 11-plus test, has been…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Keep schools open late to tackle knife crime, says children’s commissioner

Schools in areas with high levels of serious youth violence should remain open in the evenings and at weekends…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The extent of speech and language therapy spending cuts across England

Spending on speech and language therapy (SLT) has been slashed in half of areas, according to a report which…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross