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Private schools to face further hike in inspection fees

Plans to hike the fees small private schools must pay Ofsted are just the start of a programme of…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Freedom of speech or damaging reputations? What schools should do about students on social media

At the start of November, a certain corner of Twitter was flooded by posts from outraged teenage girls at…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Free school meals rule change will leave disadvantage data ‘completely useless’

A “triple track” of changes to free school meal entitlements proposed in the government’s benefits reforms will render school…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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50,000 more pupils to get free school meals

An extra 50,000 pupils will receive free school meals under proposals for a new earnings threshold put out for consultation…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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EEF expands early years research

The Education Endowment Foundation is developing three new areas of early years’ research, including looking at the transition of pupils…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Revealed: The government’s definition of a ‘coasting’ school in 2017

The Department for Education has published its definition of “coasting” schools in 2017. Schools defined as coasting by the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Teaching School Alliances miss ‘cold spots’ of struggling schools

There are “cold spots” in the support that struggling schools are getting from Teaching School Alliances across the country,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News, Opinion

Free Schools in England: What EPI’s report is actually telling us…

  The Education Policy Institute has published a new report, Free Schools in England, but what does it tell us…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Screen time in the classroom must be shared, says tech expert at global summit

Children should not use devices one-on-one in lessons but instead work in groups of two or more, according to…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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National teacher vacancy website trial coming in spring

The government hopes to launch a trial of its new national teacher vacancy service early next year, a senior…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Failed National Teaching Service was developed ‘in a hurry’, admits DfE boss

The head of the Department for Education has admitted that the failed National Teaching Service was developed “in a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Harris Federation approached to take on troubled Durand Academy

The Harris Federation, one of England’s largest academy trusts, has been asked by the government to take on the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker