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REVEALED: The schools where the poorest pupils make most progress

The poorest pupils have made more progress than their better-off peers at just three per cent of secondary schools,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Lack of tech in exams is denying pupils their ‘normal way of working’

Pupils taking exams are being denied access to their “normal way of working” because the use of technology has…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Revealed: How Gove was forced to create UTCs

As education secretary, Michael Gove was forced to create university technology colleges by George Osborne and David Cameron, a…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Unions slam plan to rebuild burned-down school without sprinklers

The government has been accused of having a “shockingly cavalier” attitude to fire safety, as schools continue to be…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Bright Tribe relinquishes all but one of its northern schools

The troubled Bright Tribe academy trust is pulling out of all but one of its five northern schools because…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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SENCOs voiceless as IT glitch hits ‘invaluable’ online forum

An “invaluable” online forum that supports thousands of special educational needs coordinators (SENCOs) has been unavailable for months because…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Lords prepare law to monitor home-schooled pupils

A bill to introduce greater monitoring for home-schooled children is in a “good position” to pass into law, according…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Education Services Grant cut: Academies will lose £353m by 2020, DfE forecasts

Academies stand to lose £353 million by 2020 as a result of cuts to the Education Services Grant, official government…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New buying advice service for schools launched

The government has launched a new advice service for schools to help them get value for money when buying…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Amanda Spielman: Sunday schools must be inspected to prevent extremism

Church of England schools must support the inspection of Sunday schools to protect their pupils from extremism, Amanda Spielman…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Cambridge Assessment Group announces new chief executive

The Cambridge Assessment Group has appointed a senior figure from Pearson as its new group chief executive, the University…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Measure schools by ‘success’ of pupils at 25, says George Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse Partnership

Schools should be measured on the “employability and success” of their pupils when they reach the age of 25,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker