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No-frills private school delayed AGAIN

England’s first “low-cost” private school has apologised for delaying its opening date a second time, after the government told…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Island school reachable only by aeroplane finds academy sponsor

The only school on the remote Isles of Scilly in the south-west is joining a multi-academy trust with a…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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EEF: Teacher research engagement strategies are ineffective

Teachers need “structured and intensive support” to engage with new research if outcomes are to improve, according to new…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Schools are streaming the youngest children by phonics ability

Schools are using phonics to divide primary classes into ability streams – and pupils born in summer are paying…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Rampant ability grouping in primary is ‘necessary evil’

Testing pressures are forcing primary school teachers to group their pupils by ability, even when they don’t believe it…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Government pledges £45 million to ‘fully embed’ SEND reforms

The government has announced a £45 million pot to support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, with the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Bright Tribe to give up struggling Whitehaven Academy

Bright Tribe academy trust is to give up Whitehaven Academy in Cumbria, following intense pressure from school staff and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teaching apprenticeship grant funding only available in ‘priority subjects’ (including classics)

Schools will receive grants to help them pay for new teaching apprenticeships, but only to cover teachers in certain…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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The day of data: What we learned from a deluge of government statistics and announcements

Government departments and parliamentary bodies have this morning published a series of announcements, statistical datasets and reports. Here is…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Nick Gibb responds to MPs on grammar schools

Nick Gibb has written the government’s response to a parliamentary committee of MPs who investigated the plans for grammar…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Government misses teacher training targets in all EBacc subjects except history

The government has failed to train enough teachers for any Ebacc subjects except for history, official statistics have revealed….

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofsted statistics shake-up will drop ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rate by 2%

Ofsted wants to change the way it presents statistics about school inspections, including re-adding the past grades of turnaround…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney