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Languages responsible for drop in EBacc entries

The proportion of pupils entering the EBacc has dropped for the first time, new data shows, and experts claim…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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£53m MAT growth funding announced, but only for trusts with a good record

The government has announced that £53 million will be made available to help multi-academy trusts (MATs) take on more…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pension-age teachers can continue working but with added support, concludes review

A second report into the implications of teachers retiring later is expected to find that older teachers are capable…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Nottingham’s charter to cap teacher overtime needs ‘national leader’

Nottingham council’s pioneering approach to capping overtime for teachers has won plaudits across the sector – but the number…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Schools minister went on £10k trip to ‘reinforce relationships’ with Australia and Singapore

The schools minister Nick Gibb went on a week-long trip to Australia and Singapore to “reinforce” Britain’s relationship with…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Apprenticeships a ‘fragile’ form of training, research warns

Apprenticeships may have been tipped as the future of teacher training, but new research suggests their reliance on employer…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Small private schools face £3,800 rise in Ofsted inspection fees

Some small private schools face a £3,800 hike in the fees they pay for Ofsted inspections, under changes proposed…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted wins school gender segregation appeal

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a faith school’s policy of segregating boys and girls is “unlawful” sex…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Don’t make schools collect ‘character’ data, insists Morgan

Former education secretary Nicky Morgan has said teachers should not be measured on how they improve their pupils’ character,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Dominant multi-academy trusts risk investigation for monopolising markets

Multi-academy trusts risk being investigated by the Competition and Markets Authority if they come to dominate their local areas,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Ofqual accused of ‘refusing to engage’ with colour-blindness

Exam boards are producing scripts for GCSEs and A-levels that rely on coloured diagrams to convey information to candidates,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Numeric GCSE grades system pushing down results

The shift to a numeric scoring system for GCSEs is playing havoc with this year’s results, as Attainment 8…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson