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Removal of iGCSEs from league tables prompts surge in English GCSE entries

The removal of iGCSEs from league tables has boosted the number of entries into English language and literature GCSEs…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ofsted reveals plan to give schools up to 15 days’ notice of inspections

Schools could be given up to 15 days to prepare for follow-up Ofsted visits under proposed changes to new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Angela Rayner stays as shadow education secretary in Labour reshuffle

Angela Rayner will stay on as shadow education secretary, it has been announced this evening. Rayner tweeted that she…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Hold open tenders for school takeovers to boost RSC transparency, think tank urges

An open bidding process should be introduced for school takeovers to combat the secrecy and occasionally poor choices made…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofqual issues exams advice after Grenfell Tower blaze

Exams regulator Ofqual will meet with exam boards to discuss the impact of any exam disruption at schools based…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Pupils less likely to get first choice secondary place as ‘baby bulge’ moves upwards

The proportion of children getting their first choice of secondary school place has dropped as the demographic boom hits…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Pupils more alert in afternoon, study finds

A new study has found primary pupils may be more alert in the afternoon, which “contradicts” the practice of…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Two new education ministers in May reshuffle

Anne Milton and Robert Goodwill have been appointed as new ministers at the Department for Education in the ongoing…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Nick Gibb stays as schools minister in May reshuffle

Nick Gibb will continue as the minister for school standards after a minor reshuffle of the Department for Education…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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BAME teachers need to be ‘endorsed’ by white people to get promotions

Black, Asian and minority ethnic teachers are not able to move into senior roles unless they are endorsed by…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Justine Greening stays as education secretary in May reshuffle

Justine Greening will remain as education secretary in Theresa May’s new minority government. After a turbulent weekend during which…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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‘Modest pilot’ for grammar schools, says influential Tory MP

Graham Brady, head of the influential 1922 committee of MPs, which Theresa May has been told she must now…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney