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Sadiq Khan launches website to promote teaching in London

A website promoting the benefits of teaching in London has been launched by Sadiq Khan, as new research shows…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Amanda Spielman’s Ofsted moves away from ‘male-dominated’ culture

Ofsted’s next inspection framework will promote a more “collaborative” approach to leadership, in a move away from the “male-dominated”…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Nick Gibb to take MPs’ school accountability questions

Nick Gibb will face questions from MPs about curriculum and assessment, teacher recruitment and retention and school accountability next…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Inspiration Trust earns softer Ofsted report after four-month turnaround

An academy trust founded and once chaired by the academies minister received a softened report from Ofsted after inspectors…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Poorest pupils miss out on arts access cash

Two multimillion-pound government schemes aimed at widening access to the most prestigious drama, dance and music schools have been…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Delays to compulsory sex education looking more likely

Compulsory relationships and sex education will now “almost certainly” be delayed until 2020, after the government failed to meet…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Teacher vacancy website trial to start ‘in the next month or so’

The government’s planned teacher vacancy website has taken “much longer than it should have” to develop and is still…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Late-starting summer-born pupils don’t get better phonics scores

Summer-born pupils who start reception after turning five do not significantly outperform those pupils who start aged four. According…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE sets up ‘online safety working group’ to advise schools

Schools will get guidance and support on how to keep their pupils safe online from a new online safety working…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Lord Agnew’s latest cash-saving scheme: Stop colour photocopying

Schools should stop staff from making colour photocopies in order to save money, according to an education minister. Lord…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Postcode lottery of delayed summer-born admissions continues

Parents of summer-born pupils still face a postcode lottery of admissions rules if they try to delay when their…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Careers and Enterprise Company begs ‘friends’ for positive tweets following criticism from MPs

Supporters of the Careers and Enterprise Company have been urged to tweet their backing for the under-fire organisation after…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker