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Confirmed: Teacher apprentices will be paid on unqualified scale

Trainee teachers on a new postgraduate teaching apprenticeship will be guaranteed an unqualified teacher’s salary, the government has announced….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unauthorised absences up despite government crackdown

Unauthorised absences are pushing an overall rise in the proportion of pupils taking time off school, despite government attempts…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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More reception pupils have ‘good’ development, and 4 other findings from EYFS results data

The government has published results data from the national Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFS). The results are based…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools must restart 20-hour computer science test amid security concerns

The exam board Edexcel has replaced the non-examined assessment (NEA) component of its computer science GCSE, leaving schools having…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Baverstock Academy fraud inquiry closed

The police have ended their investigation into alleged fraud at Birmingham’s Baverstock Academy. West Midlands Police said today that…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Jamie Oliver: Delayed ‘healthy schools rating’ should be compulsory

A voluntary rating system for healthy schools which the government has committed to rolling out in primary schools should be…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney


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New association to ‘oversee’ apprenticeship assessment

Two organisations are forming a new company to make sure new teaching apprenticeship routes are assessed properly, but insist…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Calls to end ‘discrimination’ against citizenship teachers

The government is “discriminating” against citizenship teachers and harming social mobility, the chief executive of the Association for Citizenship…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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EEF launches new music, drama and journalism trials

Thousands of children across the England will take part in new trials to assess whether skills like music, drama…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Foster families across the country charged for ‘free’ school transport

Foster families around the country are being forced to pay for what should be free school transport – but…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Science teachers unclear over GCSE ‘standard pass’

Science teachers need clarification on what counts as a “strong” and a “standard” pass in the combined science GCSE…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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School performance data: winners and losers

The Department for Education this week published school-level data on GCSE and A-level results, including Progress 8 and Attainment…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter