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Exclusions 2017-18: Suspension rate rises as expulsions flatline

The proportion of pupils being suspended from schools in England has risen slightly this year, with the government blaming…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Gavin Williamson: 9 facts about the new education secretary

Gavin Williamson has been announced as the new education secretary, in Boris Johnson’s first cabinet line-up. Here is what…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Gavin Williamson appointed as education secretary

Gavin Williamson, the former defence secretary, has been appointed as the new education secretary. Downing Street made the announcement…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Hinds out as education secretary as Johnson reshuffle begins

Damian Hinds has confirmed he will return to the backbenches after just over 18 months as education secretary. It…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Johnson enters Downing Street with pledge of ‘immediate’ work to boost school funding

The new prime minister Boris Johnson has said he will “immediately” begin work to “level-up” per-pupil funding for schools….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE and ESFA accounts: £3m settled out of court, bigger bonuses and millions in debt written off

The annual accounts for both the Department for Education and the Education and Skills Funding Agency have been published…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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More trusts in deficit, plus 4 more academy sector accounts findings

The DfE has published its annual accounts for spending in the academies sector during the 2017-18 year. The previous…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Boris Johnson as PM: What can schools expect?

Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London and foreign secretary, has been named as the new leader of the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Former Conservative MP and academy chief join Ofsted board

A former Conservative MP who stood down after being tainted in the parliamentary expenses scandal has been appointed to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Policy Exchange: New PM must support knowledge-based curriculum

The Policy Exchange think tank has called on the next prime minister to continue support for a knowledge-based curriculum,…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Council drops academy trust support despite turnaround – as conversion stalls

An academy trust that provided more than five years of improvement services to a failing maintained school while negotiations…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofsted’s warning as investigation finds most Steiner schools aren’t ‘good’

Ofsted has identified “serious issues” at Steiner schools across England, rating more than three quarters of them as ‘inadequate’…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon