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Hand out bonuses ‘further and faster’ to get teachers into shortage subjects and deprived areas, says EPI

The government should speed up and extend its roll out of bonuses for teachers who choose to teach shortage…

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7 things we learned from EPI’s ‘Teacher Labour Market in England’ report

A new report into tackling the issues faced by the teacher labour market in England has been released by…

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Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Revealed: The 24 North Yorkshire primary schools that will get ‘opportunity area’ speech and language support

Twenty-four primary schools on the North Yorkshire coast will get support to improve pupils’ speech, language and communication skills. The…

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DfE staffer Luke Thompson enters the Bake Off tent

A Department for Education civil servant and part time techno DJ is one of the contestants on this year’s…

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Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Spielman warns off-rolling ‘could get worse’ after sharp rise in pupils leaving school before GCSEs

Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has warned that the problem of schools removing pupils from the roll in order…

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Alix Robertson
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Financial warning for alternative provision provider TBAP trust

A trust which runs 12 alternative provision academies has been warned to improve its finances by the government after…

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DfE ‘minded to terminate’ funding of ‘inadequate’ primary academy in Wiltshire

A Wiltshire primary school that is part of the Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust faces having its funding stopped…

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Alix Robertson
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Inquiry opened into trustee benefits at independent school charities

An inquiry has been opened into two independent school charities after concerns were raised about conflicts of interest, protecting…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Students stage underground poster campaign against school exclusions

An anonymous group of south London students have chosen GCSE results day to stage a protest about school exclusions,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Admissions appeals 2018: Secondary appeals rise but success rates drop

Figures on the number of admissions appeals for the 2017-18 academic year reveal another increase in the number of…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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E-ACT primary school has SATs results cancelled for reading and maths

Year 6 pupils at a primary academy in Birmingham run by the chain E-ACT will not receive scores for…

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Alix Robertson
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GCSE Results 2018: Pupils turn away from design and technology and religious studies

The number of pupils taking design and technology and religious studies GCSEs in the UK has slumped this year,…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross