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Proportion of poor pupils in education, employment or apprenticeships falls

The percentage of poorer pupils who are progressing into education, employment or apprenticeships has dropped, destinations data released this…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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EBacc results 2018: Entries rise slightly

The proportion of pupils in England entering the EBacc has increased slightly this year. New provisional GCSE results data…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Warning over future of education research as number of postgrad students drops 10%

The “long term health” of education research in the UK is under threat by a decline in the number…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Ministers lobby for change in UTC admission age

The government is lobbying those in charge of controversial university technical colleges to move away from recruitment at 14,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Former Perry Beeches ‘superhead’ Liam Nolan to face misconduct hearing

The former chief executive of the collapsed Perry Beeches academy trust has been hauled before a teacher misconduct panel….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ofsted backs education committee’s call for new ‘inclusion measure’

Ofsted has thrown its weight behind the parliamentary education committee’s call for a new “inclusion measure” that would incentivise…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter


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Doubts over DfE’s new pupil data sharing policy

The capacity of the Office for National Statistics to meet a deluge of applications for national pupil database information…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Emphasis of Ofsted inspection to shift from classroom

The emphasis of Ofsted inspections will “shift up the management structure”, but lesson observations will continue because teachers want…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Chinese-backed firm buys United Learning private school

A United Learning private school has been sold to a Chinese-backed international schools’ group to become its flagship school…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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First off-campus teacher training route opens for undergraduates

The first teacher training route in which students get a degree without leaving the school site will encourage more…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Hinds: ‘I’m happy with system of multiple exam boards’

Damian Hinds has insisted he is “happy” with England’s system of using multiple exam boards for GCSEs and A-levels,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unions back shadow minister’s food insecurity bill

School leaders have backed an attempt to force the government to collect data on food security, which will hand…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker