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Teachers are ‘happy with pay’ despite real-terms drop

Most teachers remain happy with their income, despite a real-terms drop in pay and longer working hours in recent…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Beef up SATs security to avoid maladministration claims, government tells schools

Headteachers are being urged to have two members of staff check deliveries of SATs papers when they arrive at…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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92 schools are waiting for a sponsor, and 4 other things we learned at education questions

MPs spent over an hour grilling the education secretary and his ministers in Parliament this afternoon. Damian Hinds answered…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Email bomb threats: How should schools respond?

Hundreds of schools across the country have been evacuated today, after receiving bomb threats by email. The threats, which…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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NUT spent £326k on general election campaign

The National Union of Teachers spent more than £326,000 on campaigning in the run-up to last year’s general election….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Two charities to run breakfast clubs in 1,775 schools from the spring

Two charities, Family Action and Magic Breakfast, have been chosen to deliver breakfast clubs in around 1,775 schools from…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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UK teacher wins $1m Global Teacher Prize

London teacher, Andria Zafirakou, has been announced as the recipient of this year’s Global Teacher Prize. She was crowned the…

Shane Mann
Shane Mann
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Train all teachers in attachment issues, says trauma expert

School staff should all be trained to deal with emotional trauma among children in care, according to an expert….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teachers reduce hours and pay to manage workload

Teachers are being forced to go part-time in order to manage their workload, the Department for Education has admitted….

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Liverpool trusts face losing their only academies after poor performance

Two trusts in Liverpool may be forced to give up their only academies after they were warned over poor…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Police investigations continue into Bright Tribe and WCAT

Police officers are continuing their enquiries into whether criminal offences have been committed either by the Bright Tribe Trust…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Single academy trust told to improve or face closure

A single-academy trust in West Yorkshire has been warned it faces closure if it does not improve after Ofsted…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker