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Just one in 10 returner teachers under government scheme secure jobs

Just one in ten returner teachers recruited under a government scheme to boost ailing numbers of maths and physics…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Teachers turn to think tanks over DfE for schools research

School leaders and teachers are more likely to rely on think tanks for research to help them improve schools,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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English schools to join pilot of PISA tests for 5 year olds

Schools in England will take part in a pilot of tablet-based tests for five-year-olds, the Department for Education has announced….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Charity wants to bin exams at 16 for five-year ‘phase’

“Cliff-edge” GCSE exams at 16 should be scrapped in favour of a 14 to 19 “phase” where pupils complete…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Extra £1.3 billion needed to plug hole in school budgets, EPI warns

The government needs to find an additional £1.3 billion to compensate for inflation pressures faced by schools and protect…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Minister confirms U-turn on plans to scrap universal infant lunches

Universal infant free school meals are here to stay, the schools minister Nick Gibb has announced today, confirming a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Former education ministers to run for select committee chair

Former education ministers Robert Halfon and Tim Loughton are to stand for election to chair the House of Commons…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Key stage 2 SATs results: 61% achieve ‘expected standard’

Sixty one per cent of pupils achieved the government’s “expected standard” in reading, writing and maths in this year’s…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Scaled scores for 2017 key stage 2 SATs announced

Note (added July 10 2018): Here are the 2018 scaled scores for key stage 2 SATs. The Department for Education…

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Schools Week Reporter
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Academy facing ‘crippling’ £21 million PFI costs will now close

A struggling academy facing “crippling” PFI repayments of £21 million will now close, it has been confirmed. Schools Week…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Nick Gibb takes on SRE reform in expanded ministerial role

The schools minister Nick Gibb has been given an expanded role at the Department for Education, with the additional…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Simon Lebus resigns as Cambridge Assessment chief executive

Simon Lebus, group chief executive of Cambridge Assessment, will stand down from the role after 15 years at the…

John Dickens
John Dickens