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Labour mulls creation of state-funded supply teacher agency

Labour will look into the feasibility of creating a state-funded supply teacher agency to compete with commercial providers and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Heads divided on Labour academies plan, but Wilshaw says it’s ‘bonkers’

It would be a “huge mistake” to hand academies back to local authorities, Sir Michael Wilshaw, the former chief…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Shadow minister: ‘We’ll ban Ofsted banners’

A future Labour government would ban schools from displaying banners promoting their Ofsted grade, the shadow schools minister has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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London academy trust given ‘maximum’ time to repay DfE debts

An academy trust has been given seven years to repay a government bail-out to shore up its budget shortfall…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Pisa tests still key measure for DfE despite Nick Gibb outburst

The government says it will continue to measure the success of its reforms on Pisa scores despite schools minister…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Councils to get sweeping powers over academies under Labour reforms

The shadow education secretary Angela Rayner is to announce sweeping reforms to the school system that will clip the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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The 9 policies in Angela Rayner’s 2018 Labour conference speech

Labour is set to announce sweeping reforms to England’s school system at its annual conference tomorrow. In a speech,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Rayner: ‘I’ll turn my back on Gove’s reforms’

Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, plans to “turn her back” on Michael Gove’s school reforms, she said today….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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St Neots Learning Partnership investigation to remain unpublished

The government has said it will not publish the results of an investigation into payments made by a failed…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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US researchers to study knowledge networks in north east

Three US academics will travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic to run a research project in the north-east…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE seeks university language students to mentor year 9 pupils

The government is turning to university students in a bid to plug the falling number of GCSE pupils taking…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Union demands Brexit certainty for EU teachers

Schools need urgent clarity about the work restrictions teachers from Europe will face in Britain after the country leaves…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker