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Dads must engage more with children’s education, research suggests

National programmes that involve fathers in their children’s education can help tackle boys’ underachievement in schools, new research has…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Dr Becky Allen to lead new Centre for Education Improvement Science

The UCL Institute of Education (IoE) has appointed Dr Becky Allen, the current head of Education Datalab, as the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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The pushy parents and unmanageable workloads at private schools

Private school teachers have spoken of their “unmanageable workloads” and “exhausted” colleagues, with a third reporting that they are…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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David Ross Education Trust told to improve after Ofsted visits 13 schools

A large academy trust has been told to improve pupil progress, just months after the resignations of several of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government investigates severance payouts in academy trusts

Government finance bosses are investigating several unnamed academy trusts that failed to get Treasury approval for hefty payments made…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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‘Confusion’ over grammar school expansion plans

A London MP is “confused” after a grammar school denied multiple reports in the press that it had plans…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Ofsted: Small private school leaders don’t know how to improve teaching

Small private schools are not failing Ofsted inspections because they refuse to teach British values, as the media has…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Government has 68 days to stop universal credit roll-out ‘poisoning’ January school census

School census data showing how many pupils are on free school meals will be “useless” for the next seven…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Former education secretary launches programme for pupils in care

The former education secretary Ruth Kelly has launched a tutoring programme to improve the “terrible” exam results of pupils…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE swerves new Scottish safeguarding policy

The government has “no plans” to replicate a Scottish safeguarding scheme that nominates someone to support every school-age child,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Isle of Wight to consult on shorter summer holidays

The Isle of Wight will launch a major consultation into shortening school summer holidays, a move that has been…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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New GCSE remark rules cause headache for heads

A new rule requiring schools to seek permission from pupils before submitting their GCSE exams for re-marking is causing…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker