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Strict traditional teaching methods are ‘pushing oracy out’, says MP

Traditionalist “chalk and talk” pedagogy is pushing oracy skills out of the curriculum to the detriment of poorer pupils,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Cash-strapped specialist teacher training hubs struggle to recruit

Specialist teacher training hubs set up to tackle teacher shortages in languages, physics and maths are struggling to sign…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Unions: Schools need more help with handling complaints

The unions want schools to have more help to deal with complaints, after the government ended a useful customer…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Careers and Enterprise Company doubles down on employer-mentor diversity

The Careers and Enterprise Company is taking a second shot at recruiting a more diverse range of employer-mentors for…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Compulsory Saturday lessons could ‘burn out’ teachers, union warns

A school has made it compulsory for some pupils to come in on Saturdays to drive up GCSE results…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Selective sixth form forced to scrap grades threshold after joining trust

A celebrated sixth form with top A-level results has been forced to stop kicking pupils out for low grades…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Government tsar calls energy drinks ‘child protection issue’

There are fresh moves afoot to make energy drinks illegal for anyone under 16, as one school resorts to…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Holiday hunger: Government promises research and pilot projects

The government will not support a draft law to force councils to provide free meals and activities for poor…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Second wave of ‘opportunity area’ plans published: What do schools need to know?

The education secretary Damian Hinds has released delivery plans for the government’s next six “opportunity areas”, after publishing the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE let two free schools rack up £2 million debts over pupil numbers

Two free schools racked up almost £2 million in debt after the Department for Education repeatedly allowed them to…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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MPs urged to back holiday hunger bill

The headteachers’ union NAHT wants MPs to back a draft law that would force councils to provide meals and…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ipswich gets new research school as Damian Hinds sets out opportunity area plans

A new research school will be founded in Ipswich, the education secretary will announce today. In his first major…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker