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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
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Government will proceed with £95k public sector pay-off cap

A long-awaited £95,000 cap on pay-offs for school staff is to finally be implemented, the government has announced. The…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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DfE confirms it will ‘fully fund’ £830m teacher pension contributions rise next year

The government has confirmed it will “fully fund” the estimated £830 million cost of rising pensions contributions for schools…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Let councils ‘scrutinise’ school approaches to exclusions, says Halfon

The chair of the parliamentary education committee has demanded extra powers for councils to scrutinise schools’ approach to exclusions….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ex-prosecutor could step in to mediate LGBT education protests

A former leading prosecutor has offered to intervene in a bitter dispute over the teaching of LGBT education in…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Academies giant AET gets second school improvement warning in a matter of weeks

Another school run by the Academies Enterprise Trust is in hot water and may be rebrokered to another sponsor…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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No ‘parental veto’ on relationships and sex education curriculum, insists Hinds

The education secretary has reassured headteachers that consulting with parents about new relationships and sex education “does not provide…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Academy with £20 million PFI contract ordered to improve its finances

A school tied into a £20 million PFI contract and with “significant” deficits forecast this year has been ordered…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross