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Damian Hinds: The new sheriff in town

Damian Hinds, the Oxford-educated MP for East Hampshire, is the new education secretary, after a reshuffle that saw Justine…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust with ‘very small’ schools warned over ‘limited capacity’ for improvement

A church-led academy trust in Leicester has been warned it has “limited capacity” to improve its schools because many…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Confusion reigns over secretive ‘selective schools team’

Confusion reigns over whether there is a specific team for grammar schools at the Department for Education. Officials are…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Primary schools are being asked to trial lessons in identifying ‘fake news’

The battle against fake news is about to make its way into classrooms, as primary schools are sought for…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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School catering staff feel excluded, undervalued and poorly trained

Over a third of school caterers feel excluded as members of staff and more than a quarter feel undervalued,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Sponsors confirmed for 11 WCAT schools

Sponsors for 11 schools run by the failed Wakefield City Academies Trust have been confirmed by the government, but…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Perry Beeches Academy Trust closes after schools move to new sponsors

The crisis-hit Perry Beeches Academy Trust has officially been wound up, after its five schools were rebrokered to new…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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NCTL can’t be sure teacher training grants used correctly, warns auditor

So many teacher training providers failed to produce accurate data about their trainees that the National Audit Office has…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Damian Hinds pays tribute to Justine Greening as he meets DfE staff

The new education secretary has lauded his predecessor Justine Greening today, as he met staff at the Department for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Durand’s legal fees trebled in 2017, accounts reveal

Accounts of the troubled Durand Academy Trust show the organisation almost trebled its legal and professional fees in 2017….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Plans to widen access to grammar schools delayed by reshuffle

Plans for a formal agreement between grammar schools and the government to widen access for disadvantaged pupils have been…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Nadhim Zahawi becomes education minister

Nadhim Zahawi, the MP for Stratford-upon-Avon has become an education minister in today’s reshuffle. Downing Street has confirmed that…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker