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Rural LGBT teachers have worse mental health

Lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans teachers working in rural areas are nine times more likely to experience mental health…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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First LGTBed conference goes off with a bang

A network established to offer support, information and ideas to LGBT+ teachers has held its inaugural conference. The first LGBTed…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Inaugural FestABLE becomes a celebration of SEND

Founders of the first ever festival celebrating special educational want to “bring teachers and families into the same space”…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Damian Hinds to crack down on related-party transactions and academy CEO pay

The education secretary has promised to clamp down on academy trusts which hand out lucrative contracts to family and…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ethnic minorities and young people urged to volunteer as school governors

A new campaign to tackle the “historic underrepresentation” as governors of ethnic minorities and younger people has been launched….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Beware informal ‘learning plans’, SEND experts warn

Pupils with special educational needs are being issued with informal learning plans in place of official plans that come…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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MI5 intelligence on potential extremists WON’T be shared with teachers

MI5 has no plans to share sensitive intelligence information with teachers in a bid to combat terrorism despite reports…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE won’t offer free sanitary products to counter period poverty

The Department for Education will not follow the Scottish Government’s lead and provide free sanitary products for pupils in…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Alternative provision academy trusts keen to open secure schools

Academy chains that cater for excluded pupils are keen to open new secure schools for young offenders, but the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Hinds to tell professionals to ‘play your part as governors’

Professional workers will be asked to “play their part” to improve the education of children by signing up to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Chris Husbands and Mary Beard top Queen’s Birthday Honours list for education services

A leading academic and a renowned classicist are at the top the list of those recognised in the Queen’s…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Heath Family Trust issued with financial notice to improve

An academy trust with eight schools in the north-west has been told to improve its finances or lose its…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross