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Science teachers most likely to leave profession, and 3 more DfE retention data findings

The Department for Education has this morning released an analysis of teacher supply, retention and mobility. It was a…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Poor verbal skills weaken 30,000 pupils’ GCSEs

Tens of thousands of pupils with strong spatial skills are failing to get top grades because their talents are…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Conservatives backtrack on £60m for primary school breakfasts

The Conservative Party has admitted that a key manifesto commitment to provide breakfasts for every primary school pupil in England…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Supreme Court rules on wages of striking staff

The Supreme Court has ruled against a sixth form which deducted too much pay from teachers who went on strike in 2011….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Conservatives’ free breakfast pledge ‘costed at just 7p per meal’

The Conservatives have set aside just under 7p per pupil for its manifesto pledge to give all primary school…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Schools should contact exam boards after Manchester terrorist attack

Schools should contact their exam boards about making provisions for pupils who may have been affected by the terrorist…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Schools spend thousands of pounds on ‘question banks’ to improve GCSEs and SATs scores

Schools are spending thousands of pounds on “question banks” to prepare pupils for exams and to improve assessment outcomes….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Teach First criticised for PwC job deferral partnership

Ministers have been called on to allow school teacher training providers access to the same pool of graduates targeted…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Academies specialising in excluded pupils under pressure to grow

Multi-academy trusts that specialise in alternative provision are being asked to expand and sponsor new schools as local authority-run…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Investigation: How apprenticeship levy costs are affecting supply teachers

One of the country’s leading umbrella companies for supply teachers denies it is passing on the costs of the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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ICT qualifications still in chaos due to delays

Teachers have accused the government of deliberately holding back approval for new ICT qualifications to force more pupils into…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Struggling UTC opens its own 11-14 feeder school to boost numbers

A university technical college that has struggled to recruit pupils is opening an 11 to 14 “specialist academy” next…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden