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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
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Cadet club growth slow in schools one year after £50m grant

Just five state schools have opened cadet clubs since former chancellor George Osborne announced a £50 million grant last…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Academics must show research to government two days before publishing, say new DfE rules

Academics and journalists have been ordered to give civil servants two days to look over any research they plan…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Phonics check needs rethink after data shows ‘something dodgy’

The government’s phonics screening check needs an “urgent rethink” after new figures show “something dodgy” with scores, a policy…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Soaring support staff pensions ‘could lead to outsourcing’

Multi-academy trust pension deficits for support staff are soaring into the tens of millions, with schools facing another hike…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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25% of Cameron’s ‘landmark’ free schools delayed

More than a quarter of free schools approved by David Cameron under a “landmark” wave of applications had to…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Academy CEOs could face local council ‘scrutiny boards’

Councils could soon have scrutiny powers over academies similar to those they already have for health bodies as the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Kent private schools ignore 11-plus tutoring ban

Independent schools in Kent are openly advertising their success at coaching pupils to pass an 11-plus test, against their…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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£60m opportunity areas may not stop cash shortfalls

Schools in Blackpool, Derby, Norwich, Oldham, Scarborough and West Somerset will receive extra money and support from the government…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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£30,000 schools grant for workload research

Schools can apply to the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) for funding to carry out in-house research…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden