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EPI: Disadvantage gap will take over 100 years to close

Progress in closing the disadvantage gap is “stalling”, and it will take over a century for poorer pupils to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Revealed: The areas with the biggest disadvantage gap

Poorer pupils on the Isle of Wight are 27.2 months behind their better-off peers by the end of key…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Make schools more accountable for ‘forgotten’ excluded pupils, say MPs

Schools lack the “moral accountability” to look after challenging pupils, and must be made more accountable for the children…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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First school mental health support teams will be set to work ‘by the end of 2019’

New mental health support teams will start working with schools “by the end of 2019”, the government has confirmed….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Five graphs that reveal why better teacher pay should be a ‘matter of priority’

The decline in teacher pay compared with other graduate professions must be addressed “as a matter of priority”, the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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MoD extends fund to help schools support service children

A multi-million pound fund to help schools support pupils with parents in the armed forces is being extended because…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Teacher pay 2018-19: What do schools need to know?

The government has confirmed teacher pay arrangements from September, but the big rise touted by ministers is not all…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Heads feel ‘let down’ over teacher pay settlement

Unions representing hundreds of thousands of teachers and school leaders have revealed their concerns about the pay settlement for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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STRB report 2018: 3.5% pay rise for some classroom teachers confirmed

The Department for Education has announced that pay for some classroom teachers will rise by up to 3.5 per…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE annual report and accounts 2017-18: 12 things we learned

Ministerial payoffs, senior staff bonuses and millions in written-off debts have been revealed in the Department for Education’s annual…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Sadiq Khan urged to intervene over London’s ‘special needs timebomb’

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan is under pressure to take action over the capital’s “special needs timebomb”. The…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Tauheedul renames itself ‘Star’ as it expands into non-faith provision

A successful multi-academy trust known for its stewardship of Muslim faith schools has ditched its branding after taking on…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson