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Durand Academy Trust to have funding terminated in 12 months

South London’s controversial Durand Academy will have its funding agreement terminated and be handed to a new sponsor in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools get right to appeal GCSE and A-level ‘marking errors’

Schools will be given the right to appeal against GCSE and A-level results if they suspect a marking error,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government to review 1% teacher pay cap

The government is reportedly set to review the 1 per cent cap on teacher pay – meaning it could…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools over four-storeys high to have cladding tests

The government is reviewing all schools over four-storeys high to find out what type of cladding is on the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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School improvement ‘failing’ at Academy Trust of Melksham, says Ofsted

A multi-academy trust in the south west has been criticised by Ofsted for failing to sustain a “good quality…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Female civil servants in DfE paid 6% less than men

Women working in the Department for Education (DfE) are paid on average 6 per cent less than their male…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Top DfE civil servant appointed as new East of England RSC

Sue Baldwin, a director at the Department for Education, has been appointed as the new regional schools commissioner for…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Secondary school attainment gap still ‘stubbornly large’, social mobility study finds

The attainment gap between poor and wealthy children has remained “stubbornly large” in secondary schools despite billions in targeted…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Mental health funding blunder corrected by government

A £200,000 investment in mental health training for school staff will train just 1,000 teachers and only cover the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Police arrests over stolen maths A-level exam papers

Police have arrested two men in connection with an investigation into a stolen Maths A-level exam paper offered for…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools won’t have budgets cut under funding formula, Greening confirms

The government remains committed to ensuring that no school loses money under the new national funding formula, the education…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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May gives £67 per teacher for mental health training

A commitment to train secondary teachers to identify and deal with mental health problems in pupils will be funded…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker