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Half of schools aren’t ready for GDPR data protection officer requirement

Half of schools are not yet ready to meet their legal duty to appoint a data protection officer, although…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teach First’s LGBT intake almost doubles

The percentage of lesbian, gay, bi and trans people signing up to train with the education charity Teach First…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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EEF: Calculators do not limit learning in maths

Using calculators in maths lessons doesn’t erode pupils’ skills and may actually make them better at problem solving, according…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Investigation: The ups and downs of academy CEO pay

Our annual analysis of chief executive pay in the largest academy chains once again reveals huge variations, including between…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Sponsor found for two more WCAT academies

Two schools formerly run by the Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) have found a new sponsor, leaving just two…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Unauthorised absence rate highest since records began

Unauthorised pupil absence rates have reached the highest on record, new government figures show. Statistics released today show that the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Pupil absence fines down 5.4%

The number of fines issued to parents for unauthorised pupil absence has fallen by 5.4 per cent. 149,321 penalty…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Researcher: A private tutoring tax ‘would level grammar school playing field’

A leading education researcher wants a new tax on private tutoring services, to help “level the playing field” for…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Education committee wants reform of social mobility commission

MPs have told the government to beef up its social mobility commission and appoint a “minister for social justice”…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Nine in 10 heads are headed for an ‘unmanageable’ budget deficit

More than 90 per cent of headteachers expect their schools to rack up an unmanageable budget deficit in the…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Damian Hinds dodges education committee’s questions on MAT inspections

Damian Hinds faced his first interrogation by the parliamentary education committee this morning. He used the opportunity not to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofqual cracks down on exam board reviewers’ marking changes

Ofqual was “especially disappointed” by the extent to which exam boards changed grades last year, and ensuring it doesn’t…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross