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NEU opposes detentions and exclusions for climate strike pupils

The country’s largest education union will officially oppose “any reprisals” against pupils who walk out of school to campaign…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NEU warns of £1.2 billion SEND funding shortfall

England faces a £1.2 billion shortfall in special needs funding, the National Education Union has warned, as its members…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Labour fires warning after rise in ‘zombie’ academies

Almost 100 academies are waiting to be transferred to new sponsors – with some still in limbo well over…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Vice-principal convicted of expenses fraud won’t be banned from teaching

A former vice-principal who fraudulently claimed expenses from a company linked to his school will not be banned from…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Half of schools start GCSEs in year 9, NFER survey suggests

Around half of schools start teaching GCSE content when pupils are still in year 9, while some teach the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Treasury claws back £300m in unspent funding from the DfE

The Treasury has clawed back more than £300 million in funding from the Department for Education’s budget after money…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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‘Open sewers and rat traps in rooms’: The ‘appalling’ conditions at England’s illegal schools

England’s network of illegal schools is “not just a faith school problem”, an Ofsted director has said, after new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Hundreds of prospective teachers failed QTS skills test because of marking ‘error’

An error in a mark scheme for a skills test would-be teachers must pass before training has led to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Attainment falls and absence rises among looked-after pupils

GCSE grades among looked-after pupils fell last year and absence rates rose, new data shows. New statistics published this…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Exam appeals on the rise as reforms continue to bed in

The number of appeals against GCSE and A-level exam grades rose by more than 40 per cent in 2018,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Squeeze more cash for schools out of housing developers, DfE tells councils

Councils have been issued with new guidance to help them negotiate financial contributions from housing developers when their work…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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EPI: School admissions appeals and waiting lists ‘increase social segregation’

The current system for dealing with school place appeals and waiting lists leads to increased social segregation and must…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross