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Beleaguered Bright Tribe trust to offload its last six schools

The beleaguered Bright Tribe academy trust has confirmed that its final six schools will be re-brokered, with the trust…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Teacher drop-outs rise in every subject, and 8 more workforce findings

The rate of teachers dropping out of the classroom increased for every single subject between 2015 and last year,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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DfE extends RS, history, DT and music teacher training bursaries to 2:2 graduates

Graduates with 2:2 degrees who train to become religious education, history, design technology and music teachers will receive bursaries…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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KS1 teacher assessments 2018: Reading down, maths up and science stable

A lower proportion of pupils met the government’s “expected standard” in key stage 1 reading teacher assessments this year,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Phonics check: 82% meet ‘expected standard’ in 2018

The proportion of pupils meeting the government’s “expected standard” in the year 1 phonics screening check has increased to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Hinds: Labour academies plan is ‘reckless’

Damian Hinds has criticised Labour’s plans to put a halt to the academies programme, labelling them as “reckless”. The…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Heads told school pension contributions to rise by over 40% from 2019

Headteachers have been told contributions schools pay towards teachers’ pensions are set to rise by more than 40 per…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ofsted refuses to back down after NEU Twitter row

Ofsted has refused to back down after a Twitter spat where one of its top officials said it was…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
LPC, News

Angela Rayner: Full text of Labour Conference 2018 speech

Conference, we’re at our best when we work together. That is what we did when we stopped the Tories…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
LPC, News

Labour mulls creation of state-funded supply teacher agency

Labour will look into the feasibility of creating a state-funded supply teacher agency to compete with commercial providers and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
LPC, News

Heads divided on Labour academies plan, but Wilshaw says it’s ‘bonkers’

It would be a “huge mistake” to hand academies back to local authorities, Sir Michael Wilshaw, the former chief…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
LPC, News

Shadow minister: ‘We’ll ban Ofsted banners’

A future Labour government would ban schools from displaying banners promoting their Ofsted grade, the shadow schools minister has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker