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Government confirms free school meals eligibility under universal credit

The government will proceed with its plans to change the threshold for free school meals eligibility under universal credit,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Questions over training and pay for school mental health leads

Schools are still none the wiser on the new mental health “leads” after it emerged the government is yet…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Performance data on EAL pupils is ‘profoundly misleading’, warns EPI

Attainment scores for children with English as an additional language (EAL) are “profoundly misleading” and “distorted”, according to a…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ministers under pressure on funding for PSHE lessons

Ministers are under increasing pressure to say whether they will make personal, social, health and economics (PSHE) lessons compulsory,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Zero-tolerance behaviour policies exclude more vulnerable children, MPs told

Increases in exclusions are being driven by “shaming” school behaviour policies backed by the Department for Education, experts have…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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SENCO forum is back up – but only for some

The National SENCO Forum has been partially restored nearly three months after it was taken offline by the Department…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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LKMCo: ‘Give schools £10k per vulnerable pupil to stop exclusions’

Schools should get a large cash windfall to help them support pupils at risk of exclusion, a leading education…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Access arrangements for SEND pupils ‘too strict and confusing’, say exam officers

Schools find exam access arrangements increasingly strict and confusing, according to the body that represents exams officers. Many schools…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Primary MATs have the widest gender pay gap

Primary school academy trusts have the largest pay gaps between men and women according to new national data –…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Ofsted rejects plans to monitor schools via social media

Ofsted will not use information posted on social media by pupils and parents to identify schools in need of…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Excluded pupils must have protective ‘bill of rights’, says education committee chair

Excluded pupils should be protected by a “bill of rights” that would allow proper scrutiny of their school’s decision…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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REVEALED: The schools where the poorest pupils make most progress

The poorest pupils have made more progress than their better-off peers at just three per cent of secondary schools,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg