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Investigation: DfE ‘hid’ damaging Lord Nash academy cost emails

The Department for Education has attempted to hide internal emails showing Lord Nash’s intention to massage the presentation of…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Think tanks reveal true costs of election manifesto pledges

The education manifesto pledges of political parties have come under the microscope by two thinks tanks today. The Education…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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IPPR report calls for UTC changes

Ailing university technical colleges should be converted into 16-19 colleges, with all studio schools joining multi-academy trusts to stave…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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DRET appoints new CEO, with sponsor David Ross installed as chair

The David Ross Education Trust (DRET) has appointed a new chief executive, with the trust’s sponsor taking on the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools urged to remind staff of ’emergency plans’ after Manchester bomb scare

Schools have been reminded to keep staff up-to-date with procedures in their individual plans for emergencies after a school…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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UKIP pledges to open new grammar school ‘in every town’

UKIP has pledged to open a grammar school “in every town” after launching its general election 2017 manifesto today….

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Science teachers most likely to leave profession, and 3 more DfE retention data findings

The Department for Education has this morning released an analysis of teacher supply, retention and mobility. It was a…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Poor verbal skills weaken 30,000 pupils’ GCSEs

Tens of thousands of pupils with strong spatial skills are failing to get top grades because their talents are…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Conservatives backtrack on £60m for primary school breakfasts

The Conservative Party has admitted that a key manifesto commitment to provide breakfasts for every primary school pupil in England…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Supreme Court rules on wages of striking staff

The Supreme Court has ruled against a sixth form which deducted too much pay from teachers who went on strike in 2011….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Conservatives’ free breakfast pledge ‘costed at just 7p per meal’

The Conservatives have set aside just under 7p per pupil for its manifesto pledge to give all primary school…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Schools should contact exam boards after Manchester terrorist attack

Schools should contact their exam boards about making provisions for pupils who may have been affected by the terrorist…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg