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Unions demand fully-funded 5% pay rise for all teachers and leaders in 2019-20

Unions representing the “overwhelming majority” of teachers and school leaders have demanded a five per cent pay rise for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The 11 schools picked to lead £2.4m curriculum fund programme pilots

Eleven academies have been selected to lead trials of the government’s new curriculum fund programme. The schools, most of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teacher recruitment and retention strategy: the 11 new policies

The government has today published the long-awaited teacher recruitment and retention strategy. Here’s a handy Schools Week round-up of…

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John Dickens
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‘Funding gap has forced me to cut SEND places,’ says head warned over finances

A headteacher is reducing the number of special needs pupils she accepts in a bid to balance the books…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Recruitment and retention strategy pledges £130m for new teacher induction

The education secretary has finally unveiled his teacher recruitment and retention strategy, pledging a £130 million reduced timetable and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Social and emotional needs focus for new SEND schools

More special education free schools are set to open in 2020 than in the previous five years combined, with…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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DfE seeks ‘better experience’ for website visitors

The Department for Education is set to improve its digital services for schools from next month under a new…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Knowledge-rich curriculum guru blasts Nick Gibb over lack of funding

A guru on the knowledge-rich curriculum has warned schools minister Nick Gibb that unless he ensures schools get resources…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Spielman: Ofsted is ‘not dictating’ the curriculum by supporting EBacc target

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman has denied accusations that Ofsted are “dictating” school curriculums by stating they should be aiming…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE spent £111m on offices it won’t inhabit

The Department for Education has spent £111 million to refurbish new offices it has no plans to move into….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Bright Tribe emails reveal ‘upsetting’ treatment of campaigning parent

A former Bright Tribe boss told the headteacher of Whitehaven Academy to “think” about the application of a campaigner’s…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Single-academy trust may have to give up its only school

An academy trust has been told to re-broker its only school to another chain following a second warning about…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross