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NHS: 1 in 8 pupils has a mental health disorder

One in eight school-age children had an identified mental disorder last year, the first new data on the subject…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Access arrangements for SEND pupils fall for the first time in 5 years

The number of pupils with disabilities, illnesses or special educational needs receiving help to sit exams has fallen for…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Schools hit with more fines as late GCSE exam entries rise 22%

The number of late GCSE entries increased by 22 per cent last year, despite dropping the year before, government…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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New ‘aspects of engagement’ assessment to replace P-scales

The government has announced that a new testing approach to measure the attainment of pupils with complex disabilities will…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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EPI: Disadvantaged schools worst-hit by teacher pay rise shortfall

A third of schools have been left short by the government’s teacher pay rise plan, which has disproportionately hit…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE dishes out £10m to recruit 600 more career changers

Three organisations will receive around £10 million to bring more career changers and PhD graduates into teaching, the government…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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7 things we learned from the PAC on academy accounts

The public accounts committee has held its second session into academy finances, and grilled some of the highest ranking…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Only 36% of teachers think their pay helps build a career, new research finds

Only about a third of teachers think their current pay range is helping them build a career, new research…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Hinds tells review body 2019-20 teacher pay rises must be ‘affordable’

Education secretary Damian Hinds has urged the independent teacher pay body to give “careful consideration” about whether any pay…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ofqual won’t relax grade boundaries for science and MFL A-levels

Ofqual has concluded there is no “compelling case” to relax grade boundaries in sciences and modern foreign languages A-levels,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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New national schools commissioner pledges ‘transparency and consistency’

The country’s regional schools commissioners will become “more transparent and more consistent”, the new national schools commissioner has pledged. Dominic…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Trusts still worried over long-term ‘financial viability’ – despite getting extra cash to expand

Academy trusts handed a share of £31 million under government funding to expand were “overly ambitious” in some cases,…

John Dickens
John Dickens