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KS1 Results: Phonics results static as reading, writing and maths rise

Results in reading, writing, maths and science in key stage 1 assessments have risen this year, while results in…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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30-hour free childcare plan would widen school readiness gap

The government’s plan to give working parents access to up to 30 hours of free childcare every week risks…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour will pay teachers ‘properly’, says Angela Rayner

Labour will pay teachers “properly” if elected to power, according to the shadow education secretary. Following the government’s focus…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE placed on UK Statistics Authority watch list

The Department for Education has been cautioned by the UK Statistics Authority for delaying data releases and providing unclear…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Angela Rayner: Full text of Labour Conference 2017 speech

Conference, last year I said it was a surprise, but a great privilege, to stand before you as Shadow…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Draft charter outlines ‘principles’ of Labour’s National Education Service

The Labour Party has explained more about its proposed National Education Service, in a draft charter that all schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Research schools: What are they and why do they exist?

There are now 22 research schools across the UK, and 11 are in government-identified social-mobility “cold spots”. Samantha King…

Samantha Lauren King
Samantha Lauren King
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New academy trust pledges not to hire unqualified teachers

A new sixth form-led academy chain has announced it will only hire qualified or trainee teachers in a bid…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour planning to bring PFI contracts ‘back in house’

Labour would return existing PFI contracts to government control, its shadow chancellor announced today, though some have warned that…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pupil arrested after school welfare officer stabbed

A woman is being treated in hospital after she was stabbed at a school in Scunthorpe. The 61-year-old, a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Almost 9 in 10 schools still face cuts under new funding plans, unions warn

The vast majority of English schools still face real-terms cuts to their budgets under revised government funding plans, teaching…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trusts spend millions on uninspected private alternative provision

Multi-academy trusts spend three times as much on private alternative provision as they do on local authority alternative provision…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg