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EEF predicts ‘little or no headway’ in closing attainment gap by 2021

Schools are expected to make “little or no headway” in closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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DfE director Meller’s ‘Presidents Club’ dinner rocked by sexual harassment allegations

A charity fundraising dinner run by a Department for Education director and academy trust founder has been rocked by…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Hinds: Carillion school building projects ‘may need to be re-procured’

A “small number” of school building projects run by Carillion may need to be re-procured, the education secretary has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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11-plus test provider goes to tribunal over secret scoring methods

One of the country’s largest assessment companies is being taken to tribunal after refusing to release the details of…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Revealed: RSC’s links to school with severe safeguarding failures

The government faces questions over links between a regional schools commissioner and a school criticised by Ofsted for safeguarding…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: 73 schools, trusts and councils to split £25m improvement funding

The names of dozens of schools, academy trusts and local authorities that will split a £25 million handout from…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Damian Hinds gives first speech as education secretary

The new education secretary Damian Hinds spoke of the need for schools to focus on core subjects like maths,…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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SEND experts demand review of high-needs funding rules

New funding rules will create a “perverse incentive” for schools to “over-identify” pupils as having special educational needs and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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£10 million pledge for outdoor learning not enough to make a difference, warn critics

A government promise to give schools £10 million to help children get “close to nature” has been given a…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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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