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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
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ESFA ‘to blame’ for rescinded school application

The government’s education funding arm “significantly contributed to the failure” of a new secondary school that had its planning…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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SENCO Forum finally fixed three months after DfE error

The National SENCO Forum is finally up and running again, in full almost three months after it was accidentally…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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QTS rule change means 9,000 prospective teachers can retake skills test

At least 9,000 prospective teachers barred from training after failing a skills test three times will be able to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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QTS skills test: Lock-out period and retake charges scrapped

The government is to scrap the controversial lock-out period that currently prevents would-be teachers from retaking the QTS skills…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teachers need proper sex education training, warn experts

External speakers should not be used as substitutes for trained teachers under plans to make sex and relationships education…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Teacher workload crisis threatens examiner recruitment

Teacher workload and reforms to GCSEs and A-levels are affecting examiner recruitment. Union officials, school leaders and examiners have…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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REVEALED: The local authorities with the biggest staffing cuts

Secondary schools have lost more than 15,000 members of staff over the last three years, but teacher-to-pupil ratios have…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg