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Now Teach charity gets £350,000 DfE funding to expand into Hastings

Now Teach, the organisation founded by former Financial Times journalist Lucy Kellaway to encourage professionals to become teachers later…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Reshuffle rumours suggest Justine Greening could depart DfE

School business leaders and heads have called for stability in the Department for Education’s ministerial team, as rumours begin…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Toby Young’s new job ‘will undermine’ efforts to tackle sexism in schools

The leaders of the National Education Union have written to the education secretary Justine Greening over “sexist and homophobic”…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools ‘must prepare’ pupils for pressures of social media

Schools have a “bigger role” to play in preparing younger pupils for the “emotional demands” of social media, and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Blackpool and Walsall ‘need’ new free schools the most

Blackpool and Walsall have been identified as the two areas of the country most in need of new free…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New Year’s Honours 2018: Knighthood for MP who led grammar schools campaign

An influential Conservative MP who led the charge for the return of selective education has been given a knighthood,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Labour demands free school meals for all pupils on universal credit

Free school meals should be provided to all pupils from households claiming universal credit, Labour has said, as a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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MPs to hold inquiry into school mental health support plans

The government’s proposals for additional mental health support for school pupils are to be scrutinised in an inquiry by…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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AQA to review staff training after grade change debacle

The exam board AQA has announced plans to review its training for staff who review exam marks, following an…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Access to the best secondary schools ‘hasn’t improved since 2010’

Access to high-performing secondary schools has not improved since 2010, and has become more geographically unequal, according to a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Majority of Bright Tribe’s £1m ‘northern hub’ funding spent on senior staff

The Bright Tribe academy trust has already spent “the majority” of a £1 million grant to help to encourage…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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52% rise in GCSE grade changes happened because exam boards ‘didn’t follow rules’

The sharp rise in the number of GCSE grades that were changed at marking review this year came about…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker