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Government investigated 524 cases of SAT maladministration in 2016

Investigations into maladministration of key stage 1 test leaped by more than 50 per cent last year, while 65…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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College of Teaching signs pledge to use evidence-based practice

The Chartered College of Teaching has joined with medical and policing colleges to commit to using evidence-based practice. The…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Association of Muslim Schools cannot appeal Al-Hijrah judgment, court rules

The Association of Muslim Schools is not allowed to appeal to the Supreme Court against a ruling that one…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Private schools should join multi-academy trusts, says ISC chair

Private schools should consider joining multi-academy trusts (MATs) to save money, according to the chair of the Independent Schools Council….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Unions demand 5% pay rise for teachers ahead of autumn budget

Leading education union figures have joined forces to demand a 5 per cent pay rise for teachers from 2018,…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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‘Mistrust’ between councils and residential special schools is harming pupils

A “striking level of mistrust” between residential special schools and councils isolates them from the rest of the education…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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WCAT can’t keep its schools’ reserves, and 4 other things we learned from education questions

Justine Greening and her ministerial team faced questions from MPs in the House of Commons this afternoon. Here are…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust CEO Ian Bauckham to advise government on sex education

The government has appointed Ian Bauckham, a former headteacher and president of the Association of School and College leaders,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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First for-profit free school rated ‘good’ by Ofsted

Ofsted has praised “inspirational leadership” at the first free school in England to be run by a for-profit company,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government investigates recruitment agency cold calls to teachers

Teachers are being targeted by “unprofessional” cold calls from recruitment agencies during school hours – and the government has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools turn to new IT course in droves after ECDL scrapped

The number of schools offering a level two IT qualification has shot up after teachers have turned to the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Cognitive science needs ‘fair scepticism’

Teachers need to be sceptical about applying popular but “untested” cognitive science theories to education, a panel of experts…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson