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Exam pressures to blame for workload, say teachers

Pressure to boost pupil test scores and exam grades is to blame for the workload woes of three in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School support staff ‘feeling the brunt’ of funding cuts

School support staff are being forced to work unpaid overtime as a result of increasing workload and dwindling staffing…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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RNIB chief executive resigns over ‘serious incidents’ at special school in Coventry

The chief executive of the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has resigned over safeguarding failings at one of…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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160,000 children WILL lose free school meals, says spending watchdog

As many as one in eight children stand to lose their entitlement to free school meals under new eligibility…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust gender pay gap is three times the national average

Women working for academy trusts in England earn 31 per cent less than men, new research shows. According to…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Catholic school at centre of child abuse inquiry stripped of safeguarding duties

A Catholic boarding school under investigation over its handling of abuse allegations has been stripped of its safeguarding responsibilities…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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School funding campaign ‘is not over’, says defiant union leader

The union-led school funding campaign credited with bringing the issue to the forefront of last year’s general election campaign…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Kevin Courtney speech to NUT conference – the full text

Kevin Courtney, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, addressed the organisation’s last ever conference in Brighton…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Summer-born pupils disadvantaged by ‘unfair’ 11-plus test, adjudicator rules

An Essex grammar school has been ordered to age-weight the results of its 11-plus entry exam after the admissions…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Labour launches National Education Service consultation

The Labour Party will today launch a consultation on its plans for a National Education Service. Angela Rayner, the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School staff warn eligible pupils are missing out on free meals

More than a fifth of school staff are worried that pupils eligible for free school meals are not claiming…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Cuts blamed as number of SEND pupils without a school place soars by 137%

The government stands accused of starving councils of cash to help SEND pupils, after the number of pupils without…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker