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Schools minister went on £10k trip to ‘reinforce relationships’ with Australia and Singapore

The schools minister Nick Gibb went on a week-long trip to Australia and Singapore to “reinforce” Britain’s relationship with…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Apprenticeships a ‘fragile’ form of training, research warns

Apprenticeships may have been tipped as the future of teacher training, but new research suggests their reliance on employer…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Small private schools face £3,800 rise in Ofsted inspection fees

Some small private schools face a £3,800 hike in the fees they pay for Ofsted inspections, under changes proposed…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted wins school gender segregation appeal

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a faith school’s policy of segregating boys and girls is “unlawful” sex…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Don’t make schools collect ‘character’ data, insists Morgan

Former education secretary Nicky Morgan has said teachers should not be measured on how they improve their pupils’ character,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Dominant multi-academy trusts risk investigation for monopolising markets

Multi-academy trusts risk being investigated by the Competition and Markets Authority if they come to dominate their local areas,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Ofqual accused of ‘refusing to engage’ with colour-blindness

Exam boards are producing scripts for GCSEs and A-levels that rely on coloured diagrams to convey information to candidates,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Numeric GCSE grades system pushing down results

The shift to a numeric scoring system for GCSEs is playing havoc with this year’s results, as Attainment 8…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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A-level and 16-19 results 2017: UTCs get lowest average score

The government has released provisional A-level data, and other 16-to-18 results, which reveals how schools have fared in accountability…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Savings still not found to give schools £1.3bn, DfE admits

The government still hasn’t found all the savings it needs to give schools the additional £1.3 billion funding it…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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EBacc results 2017: Entries drop as academies perform strongest

The government has released provisional key stage 4 data this morning that reveals how schools have fared in headline…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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EBacc: Entry and achievement rates down

The proportion of pupils entering and achieving the EBacc has fallen this year, government data shows. In 2017, 38.1…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker