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DfE doesn’t know which interventions are ‘value for money’, education secretary says

Justine Greening failed to mention grammar schools in her speech today, given as the schools minister was grilled on…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Grammar schools could lose selective status for missing poor pupils target

Existing grammar schools could lose their selective status or have funding limited if they don’t admit more pupils from…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted ordered to amend report claiming gender segregation broke law

A school has lost its High Court challenge to overturn an Ofsted report placing it in “special measures”, although…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Tutor-proof 11-plus test is ‘Holy Grail’, claims minister

The establishment of a tutor-proof 11-plus test is the ‘Holy Grail’ for grammar schools, Nick Gibb has claimed. The…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Comprehensive heads reject grammar schools plan

Opposition to the government’s grammar schools plan is building among headteachers in both selective and non-selective areas on the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Campaign demands support for speaking skills after teachers describe training ‘barriers’

A campaign calling for greater emphasis on the development of spoken communication skills in schools has been launched after…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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School ICT costs rise as pound plummets post-Brexit

Schools are facing hikes of more than 10 per cent in their ICT costs after tech giants say post-Brexit…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Unpaid DfE coaching scheme for women teachers criticised as ‘tick-box exercise’

A government scheme to encourage more women to become school leaders has been dubbed a “tick-box exercise” by those…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Justine Greening holds up findings of the Teachers Working Longer Review

A group of educationists scrutinising the consequences of teachers working until their late 60s expect their interim findings to…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Feeder pre-school charges £275 ‘retainer fee’ for free nursery place

A primary’s “feeder” pre-school has been charging parents a “retainer fee” of almost £300 to secure government-funded nursery places…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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The Giles Academy trust issued with financial notice over ‘serious breach’ of land-buying agreement

An academy has been issued with a financial notice to improve after “seriously breaching” the academies financial handbook by…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Boss of country’s largest academy trust steps down

The boss of the country’s largest multi-academy trust has announced he is stepping down from his role as chief…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden