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Government investigates recruitment agency cold calls to teachers

Teachers are being targeted by “unprofessional” cold calls from recruitment agencies during school hours – and the government has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools turn to new IT course in droves after ECDL scrapped

The number of schools offering a level two IT qualification has shot up after teachers have turned to the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Cognitive science needs ‘fair scepticism’

Teachers need to be sceptical about applying popular but “untested” cognitive science theories to education, a panel of experts…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Study takes pictures of packed lunches to tackle obesity

A study into using so-called “nudge theory” to encourage parents to pack healthier lunches for primary school students will…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Teaching assistants allowed to gain QTS through assessment-only route

The number of teachers qualifying through a 12-week “assessment-only” route is rising, fuelling fears that providers are letting applicants…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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65% of special free schools are for autism

Autism-specific free schools are continuing to dominate new special free school approvals, with more than half of those in…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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EXCLUSIVE: DfE last changed grammar school response in June — but still refuses to publish

The Department for Education is still refusing to publish the response to its consultation on grammar schools, even though…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Minister: MPs should check up on safeguarding in schools

MPs should hold schools to account over safeguarding issues, an education minister has claimed. Anne Milton, skills minister and…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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It’s not the long hours that make teachers want to quit, new research suggests

Long hours and lots of marking are not the factors that make teachers want to leave their jobs, according…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted investigates inspection gaps at outstanding schools

Ofsted is to examine “unusually long gaps” between inspections of ‘outstanding’-rated schools, according to minutes of a board meeting….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools are referring more pupils to social services

Schools are sending more vulnerable children to social care services, with more than 110,000 cases last year, the latest…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Fall in Key Stage 2 re-marks

A lower proportion of key stage 2 tests were put forward for re-marks this year compared to last year, but…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg