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DfE will ‘consider’ introducing British sign language GCSE during this parliament

Campaigners are celebrating a government U-turn after the Department for Education said it will “consider” introducing a British sign…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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28 projects to split £10.1 million in strategic school improvement fund round 3

More than £10 million in government school improvement funding will be handed to 28 academy trusts, councils and teaching…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Disadvantaged pupils get just 4.5% of grammar school places

CORRECTION, July 3, 2020: Comprehensive Future has informed us the figures provided for this piece are not accurate because…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE ‘minded to terminate’ funding of ‘inadequate’ academy in Bristol

An all-through academy in Bristol faces having its funding stopped and being rebrokered to a new sponsor after inspectors…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Campaigners plot judicial review over closure of abandoned church school

Staff and parents at a Church school rejected by the local diocese will seek a judicial review of a…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Fire brigade renews calls for mandatory sprinklers as London school fires increase by a third

The number of fires in London schools has increased by a third in just one year, the London Fire…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Teaching and leadership union membership drops to lowest level since 2010

Trade union membership among school teachers and leaders in England has dropped to its lowest level in seven years….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Heads complain after ‘good’ academy forced into new trust against its will

The government is under pressure to give high-performing schools a greater say over their future when their sponsors fail,…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Poorest pupils three times more likely to be out of work by late 20s

The poorest pupils in year 11 are three times more likely than their wealthier peers to be on out-of-work…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Hinds hopes ‘communications coalition’ will boost home reading and school-readiness

A coalition of businesses and charities will be asked to help boost school readiness among young children by encouraging…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pupils in Birmingham, London and north-east targeted for summer holiday food clubs

Thousands of poorer pupils will be targeted by projects that will provide food and activities throughout the summer holidays….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Academy trust deficits rise but reserves grow for many

The proportion of academy trusts reporting a financial deficit rose to 6.1 per cent in 2016-17 from 5.5 per cent…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson