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Pearson merges Edexcel exams and textbooks publisher – but insists staff won’t mix

Education firm Pearson has merged its schools publishing and UK exams arms, but insists it has “robust firewalls” to…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Entering SEND pupils to pre-key stage standards ‘too subjective’

New rules covering the way special needs pupils are assessed will mean some schools “play it safe” by not…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Six organisations win a slice of £75m Teaching & Leadership Fund

The first six organisations to receive their share of a £75 million teaching fund have been named, almost two…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Nearly 5,000 prospective teachers fail QTS tests 3 times

Almost 5,000 prospective teachers failed the compulsory numeracy and literary skills test three times in 2015-16, shutting them out…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Teachers to get student loan forgiveness in government pilot

The government will pilot a scheme of student loan forgiveness for teachers in shortage subjects working in areas of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Greening’s conference speech 2017: the 6 key announcements

The education secretary Justine Greening is addressing the Conservative Party conference. Here are the main announcements from her speech……

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Lawyers told ministers grammar school expansion likely to be illegal

Ministers were warned the decision to allow a Kent grammar school to build a new site more than eight…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Tighter legislation on private alternative provision ignored by Gibb

Politicians from across the political spectrum have called on the government to “implement in full” a piece of legislation…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Only 1 in 4 pupils meets expected standard in science tests

Less than one in four primary pupils reached the expected standard in science last year, according to figures buried…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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UK’s biggest free school bans mixed ability teaching

The biggest free school campus in the country has opened its doors for the first time and is cutting…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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STRB given ‘flexibility’ over 1% teacher pay cap

The body that advises the government on teacher pay will next year be given the “flexibility” to recommend an…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Costs exclude poorer pupils from residential school trips

Teachers in the most disadvantaged areas do not believe their pupils can afford the residential trips offered by their…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson