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Durand Academy Trust funding to be terminated

The government has announced it will proceed with the termination of Durand Academy Trust’s funding agreement after the chain refused to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government needs ‘more information’ before summer-born decision

The government needs “more information and data” before it can make a decision on admissions of summer-born children, the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Greening’s first education questions: Green paper ‘will help’ SEN pupils, and four other things we learned

The government’s new(ish) education team faced its first proper grilling in Parliament this afternoon during the first education questions since…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour reshuffle: Rayner stays, Mike Kane becomes shadow schools minister

The Labour MP Angela Rayner will continue her work as shadow education secretary following a reshuffle of the opposition frontbench, while former teacher…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Four-day week threat as budgets hit ‘breaking point’

School budgets at “breaking point” are forcing headteachers to take “drastic measures”, a union leader has warned. Heads of…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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REAch 2 director joins struggling chain

A regional director of the country’s largest primary-only trust has joined the board of a struggling chain. Simon Wood,…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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UTC will switch to become secondary school at cost of £13m

A south London council is facing a £13 million bill to convert a university technical college in financial trouble…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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5 Key Facts: Teacher Workload In The UK vs Other Countries

A new report published by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) today has analysed teacher workload and professional development in…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Teacher workload won’t reduce unless class sizes are increased, new report claims

Teachers will struggle to reduce their workload unless schools increase their class sizes, a new analysis has claimed. A…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Grammar plan is winning formula’ for votes, says Conservative MP

One of the Conservative’s fiercest grammar advocates has said the policy is not only the morally “right thing” to…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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GCSE grading changes will hamper school comparisons

The new grading system and a raft of government reforms mean GCSE results will not be comparable until at…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Private schools pledge their support for national MFL training centre

Private schools have pledged to support a new national teacher training centre for linguists to stave off a “crisis…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg