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Ofsted: Hijab row school got ‘ineffective’ support from council

The school at the centre of a row over its decision to ban younger pupils from wearing the hijab remains…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Expanded grammar schools ready for extra pupils by 2020

Grammar schools will be able to expand and take on extra pupils as soon as 2020 if long-awaited funding…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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EEF starts £250k project to boost maths and science teaching in 220 schools

The Education Endowment Fund has partnered with an education charity to run a £250,000 project to improve maths and…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Kathy Kirkham returns to Bright Tribe

Kathy Kirkham has returned to the troubled Bright Tribe trust as a director, almost exactly a year after she…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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QTS reforms may put applicants off, warn teacher trainers

Reforms to qualified teacher status (QTS) risk putting applicants off and making the benchmark seem less legitimate, according to…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted to look at exclusions malpractice in the north-east

Inspectors will investigate whether schools in some parts of England are misusing exclusions, after it emerged that secondary schools…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Labour pledges school fire safety overhaul

A future Labour government will put sprinkler systems in all new school buildings and pay to remove asbestos and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Damian Hinds: 4 things we learned from the new education secretary’s first interviews

Damian Hinds has given his first two major interviews since he was appointed as education secretary on January 8….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Cautious’ teachers need social media support from schools

A lack of support from schools is making teachers “cautious” about blogging and using social media, an academic has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools urged to ignore ‘dangerous’ gender guidance

Schools are being urged to ignore “dangerous” new guidance on pupils’ gender from a pressure group. Transgender Trend, an…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government faces second judicial review over pupil data collection

The Department for Education faces its second legal challenge over the data it collects on school pupils. Months after…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Times-tables tests for 8 and 9-year-olds to start at 290 primary schools next month

Trials of a new times-tables test for year 4 pupils will begin at around 290 primary schools from next…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker