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Examiners disagree on review marks in 72% of sample scripts

Examiners disagreed with each other on the marks they gave nearly three quarters of the time during a recent…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE leans on free school that entered no Year 11s for GCSEs

The government has threatened to rebroker a free school that was put in special measures after failing to enter…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Councils open special free schools applications, as more pupils go private

Nineteen local authorities have opened applications to run 19 new special free schools, as new figures reveal that more…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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More trainee teachers than ever are entering via school-led route

The proportion of trainee teachers that took the government’s favoured school-route into the profession increased again last year, new…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Academies overspent by £280m last year

Academies in England overspent by £280 million last year, according to the latest statistics from the Department for Education….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Durand blocked critical Ofsted report to ‘keep EFA at bay’, court told

Durand Academy Trust has been accused of blocking a critical Ofsted inspection report from being published to “keep the…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Long-term disadvantaged pupils are slipping further behind peers, study finds

The pupil premium has done little to boost the attainment of long-term disadvantaged youngsters, who are actually falling further…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Academy trust boss appointed as new South West RSC

An academy trust boss has been appointed as the new regional schools commissioner (RSC) for the south west. Lisa…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Government finally confirms U-turn on free primary school breakfasts policy

Plans to offer free breakfasts to all primary school pupils have been cancelled, in yet another government U-turn on…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New education fund for Grenfell Tower survivors

A new education fund to support young people affected by the Grenfell Tower disaster will be set up by…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Labour: More than 600,000 pupils taught by unqualified teachers

The government has been accused of failure over teacher recruitment and retention after it was revealed that more than…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Up to 93,000 retired teachers underpaid by £35m after Capita pensions blunder

Up to 93,000 retired teachers have been underpaid £35 million of their pensions after a calculation “error” went unnoticed…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg