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Sector leaders unite against T-level plans that would force pupils to wait a year for a retake

Sector leaders have urged Ofqual to reconsider its proposal to only allow T-level exams in the summer, as it…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Schools need to boost staff and governors’ data literacy, research finds

Schools must focus on boosting the data literacy of newly or recently qualified teachers and governors in order to…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Revealed: Harris school praised by ministers ‘overaided’ pupils in SATs

A Harris primary school held up by ministers as a shining example of academisation “overaided” pupils in their SATs,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Baker clause update: DfE gears up to start ‘direct intervention’ in schools

Schools could face “direct intervention” from the Department for Education from September if they have failed to allow further…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Citizenship fee causes schools to miss out on pupil premium cash

Schools are missing out on millions of pounds in pupil premium cash because their poorest children cannot afford British…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Hinds calls on tech companies to create new solutions to support teaching

Education secretary Damian Hinds is calling on technology companies to help improve teaching and cut teacher workload, ahead of…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Revealed: The nine organisations that will share £4m ‘alternative provision fund’ cash

Nine pupil referral units, councils and charities will split £4 million from the government’s new “alternative provision fund”, the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Investigation: Wrongly disqualified school staff waited months to return to work

Blameless school staff were left in limbo and fearing for their jobs for months as a result of unclear…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The nine schools chosen to split £2m and become ‘language hubs’

Nine schools will split £2 million in government funding to become “modern foreign language hubs”, after a scheme to boost…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Doomed school improvement fund ignored ‘big black hole’ in the north of England

England’s two northernmost counties were overlooked for government school improvement cash because ministers are too focused on the region’s…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Heads concerned after ‘lifeline’ school improvement funding cut

A “lifeline” government scheme that issued school improvement grants has closed, with £85 million from its coffers left unspent….

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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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