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Labour manifesto: The nerdy details

The Labour Party has officially launched its manifesto for the 2017 general election today. Many of the policies were already well-known…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour manifesto: Teacher pay bargaining pledge dropped

Labour has removed draft proposals to re-introduce national pay bargaining for teachers and allow councils to open new schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour manifesto: the full list of schools policies

The Labour Party’s official manifesto for the 2017 general election has officially been launched this morning at Bradford University….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Bolton Wanderers Free school governor who claimed £3,250 remains secret

A cash-strapped free school due to close later this year does not seem to know which of its governors…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Teacher drop-out rates highest in EBacc subjects, study finds

Drop-out rates for new teachers in key EBacc subjects is “particularly high”, a new analysis has claimed. A National…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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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