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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
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Education union membership drops to lowest point in a decade

Membership of education trade unions is at its lowest level in nearly a decade, amid a 10 per cent…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Grammars advocate resigns as PM’s adviser

Nick Timothy, a key adviser to the prime minister and former director of the New Schools Network, has resigned from…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Church of England sidesteps government rules over multi-academy trust control

The Church of England is to gain overall control of a new multi-academy trust, even though nine of the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Pupils with special needs waiting for school place more than doubles

The number of pupils with special educational needs waiting in limbo for school places has more than doubled, according…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Election 2017: Education’s winners and losers

One of the most eventful election campaigns in decades has resulted in significant changes to the line-up of MPs…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Brexit fallout stunts recruitment for first ‘super-SCITT’

The country’s first “super” school-led scheme to train language teachers has been given the go-ahead by the government to…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Private school with £35,000 yearly fees looks for £3.50-an-hour apprentice to tend grounds

A private school with annual fees of £35,000 is looking to take on a £3.50-an-hour apprentice to tend its…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Long read: The inside story of the Trojan Horse trial collapse

One of Michael Gove’s first decisions as education secretary was to abolish the General Teaching Council for England (GTCE)…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Education committee chair Neil Carmichael loses seat as Justine Greening clings on

The former chair of the education select committee Neil Carmichael has lost his seat in parliament in one of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Election night 2017: The constituencies to watch if you work in education

It’s been one of the most eventful and uncertain election campaigns in recent history, and now it’s almost over. The…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker