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Budget 2017: What’s in it for schools?

The chancellor Philip Hammond has delivered his budget speech in parliament, announcing a series of measures aimed at improving…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Cautious schools can join academy trusts as ‘associate members’

The national schools commissioner is offering schools the option to join academy trusts as “associate members” so they do…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Budget 2017: Schools to get £600 for extra A-level maths pupils

Schools and colleges will get £600 for every extra pupil who studies maths at A-level under a proposal due…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools not up to the job of finding places for excluded pupils, warns academic

Most schools are not in the “best position” to find alternative provision for their excluded pupils, a leading academic…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Church schools accused of ‘discriminatory’ admissions

Church of England schools have failed to stamp out “inappropriate” and “damaging” discriminatory admissions policies, according to a new…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Three in ten vocational qualification tests fail Ofqual standards

The exams for some technical qualifications are too easy, too hard or not reliable enough, Ofqual has warned. The…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Girls better at working together than boys, PISA study finds

Girls outperform boys when it comes to working together in school, according to a PISA study, which identified an…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Grammar school establishes ‘unsafe space’ for sexism and gender discussions

The grammar school in Kent that was criticised last year for inviting alt-right media personality Milo Yiannopoulos to address…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government faces legal action on pupil nationality data

A campaign group is raising money to take the Department for Education to the High Court over its decision…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Budget 2017: £100m National Centre for Computing to train 8,000 new teachers

The government will train 8,000 extra computer science teachers at a new £100 million National Centre for Computing, Philip Hammond…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Leading MATs have far more pupils with English as additional language

The largest multi-academy trusts have far more pupils with English as an additional language – and could be benefiting…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Pupils on ‘SEN support’ fare worse than pupils with EHCPs

Pupils with special needs have better outcomes if they have an education health and care plan (EHCP) or statement…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg