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Grammar school coffers drained by ‘test tourism’ as pushy parents use 11-plus as mock exam

Grammar schools are wasting thousands of pounds because pushy parents from other areas are using their entry exams as…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Catholics slam ‘broken promise’ as faith admissions cap retained

Plans to lift the 50-per-cent admissions cap on new faith schools have been abandoned, almost two years after they…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Careers and Enterprise Company will face questions from MPs

The parliamentary education committee will question the leaders of the government’s Careers Enterprise Company next week. Claudia Harris, the organisation’s chief…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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School ditches UTC name as it joins multi-academy trust

Another struggling university technical college has denied distancing itself from the UTC brand, despite ditching its name and joining…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofqual: New biology A-level has improved pupils’ practical skills

Pupils studying the reformed biology A-level have shown better practical skills than whose who took the subject before the…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Thousands of children without EHCPs by government deadline

Almost 4,000 children with now-defunct statements of special educational needs were still waiting to transfer to the new education,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Faith school ordered to address ‘significant’ failings in admissions appeals

A faith school criticised for the way it handled an appeal from a pupil to whom it refused a…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Private Christian school under governance investigation

A private Christian school in east London is under investigation over “serious concerns” about its governance. The Charity Commission…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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SPONSORED: STA Travel Education is giving one school £10,000 to spend on a trip

STA Travel Education has broken traditions, and to help make school trips more accessible, it is offering one lucky…

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn
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The government ‘is failing a generation’ with school mental health reforms

Planned reforms to children and young people’s mental health services “lack any ambition” and will put additional pressure on…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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East London academy conversion plans scrapped after 19-day teacher strike

Plans to convert a school in east London into an academy have been abandoned after its teachers went on…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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MPs demand action to improve education in the north

An influential group of MPs has written to the education secretary to demand immediate improvement to education in the…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson