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Greens pick troubled Isle of Wight academy for education policy launch

The Green Party today launched its education manifesto outside a school facing closure on the Isle of Wight in a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Investigation: Flagship 16-19 free schools under threat

Financial cracks are emerging in the government’s flagship 16-19 free schools as heads face stalling recruitment and “chronic” underfunding….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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137 academy trusts miss EFA’s accounts deadline

Nearly 140 academy trusts failed to submit their accounts on time in the past financial year. Trusts must submit…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Gibb fails to resolve summer-born admissions despite promises

Schools minister Nick Gibb is under fire for “failing to act” nearly two years after promising to stop the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Birmingham council ‘encourages respect for human rights’ in wake of Trojan Horse

Birmingham City Council has published a curriculum statement pledging that its schools will focus on encouraging the human rights…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Low-cost private schools ‘just waiting’ to enter English market

Companies that run for-profit private schools overseas are “waiting” for the right opportunity to set up in England as…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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INVESTIGATION: Pregnant pupils are being moved to PRUs as cuts close services

Cuts to services that support pregnant pupils are leaving teachers having to act as “miracle workers”, with many schools…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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ANALYSIS: Tory areas worst hit by National Funding Formula

With less than four weeks until the general election, Schools Week exclusively reveals the constituencies that face having the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Secondary moderns have dramatically improved their Ofsted grades

More secondary moderns have moved from the lowest Ofsted ratings to good, leading some headteachers to say inspectors are…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Full list of schools policies in leaked Labour manifesto

A leaked copy of Labour’s draft manifesto reveals the party’s plans for schools. Schools Week exclusively saw an early copy…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Leaked Labour draft manifesto reveals national pay bargaining for teachers

Labour is considering the re-introduction of national pay bargaining powers for teachers for the first time in 26 years, Schools Week has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour Party officially launches its ‘National Education Service’

The shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, has set out how the Labour Party will build an education service “fit…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker