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Ofsted inspectors enter hijab row school

Ofsted has begun an inspection of a school at the centre of a row over its decision to ban younger…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Public accounts committee report on teacher supply: The 7 recommendations

The government is under pressure to reveal more about its efforts to boost teacher recruitment and retention following a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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50,000 children were ‘missing’ from education last year

Almost 50,000 children were recorded as “missing” from education last year, according to new research by the National Children’s…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Recruitment crisis: ‘Get a plan by April’ MPs tell government

The government’s “sluggish and incoherent” response to the teacher recruitment and retention crisis is putting schools under increasing pressure, the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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City Technology Colleges pioneer Sir Cyril Taylor dies aged 82

Sir Cyril Taylor, a pioneer of the City Technology Colleges programme who advised 10 education secretaries and founded the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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WCAT: Outwood Grange confirmed as sponsor for six schools

The Department for Education has confirmed that Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) will take on six schools given up…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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NAHT: Mental health proposals shouldn’t be a ‘stick to beat schools’

New proposals to improve mental health support for pupils risk becoming “another stick to beat schools leaders with”, according…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Manchester Creative Studio will close this summer

A struggling studio school with low pupil numbers and “significant financial challenges” will close this summer, it has been…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Tributes paid to NFER vice-president David Whitbread, who has died aged 81

David Whitbread, the vice-president of the National Foundation for Education Research, has died at the age of 81. NFER…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy accounts hearing: 7 things we learned

MPs have today grilled the government’s top education officials over the state of academy finances. The parliamentary public accounts…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Damian Hinds is ‘carefully considering’ lifting the faith-based admissions cap

The new education secretary is “carefully considering” whether or not to scrap a cap on faith-based admissions to free…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘I found it a privilege’ – Greening gives first interview since reshuffle

Justine Greening has spoken of the “privilege” of serving as education secretary, a job she has “always wanted to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker