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Where will the next wave of free schools be? We still don’t know…

Free school applicants claim they have been “left in the dark” by the delay in announcing the latest successful…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Six more schools unveiled as research hubs – taking total to 11

Schools in Southport, Suffolk, London, County Durham, Hertfordshire and West Sussex will receive a share of £1.2 million to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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English A-level applications drop 35% due to new ‘harder’ GCSEs

Schools and colleges are bracing themselves for a “significant” drop in English and maths A-level entries this year as…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Long-awaited DfE board minutes ‘fail to set example’ on transparency

The Department for Education (DfE) has been accused of “failing to lead by example” on school transparency after publishing…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Half of heads unaware of National Reference Test, and 5 more findings from Ofqual perception data

The exams regulator Ofqual has today released the results of its annual survey on the perception of GCSEs, A-levels,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted launches official ‘good’ logo in policy U-turn

Ofsted has launched a new “good” logo for schools to display on their websites and in literature – just…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Union boss backs Corbyn’s free meals policy, but demands more school funding

The leader of England’s largest teachers’ union has backed plans by the Labour Party to give free school meals…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Jon Platt loses landmark term-time holiday legal challenge

A parent has lost a landmark case in the Supreme Court that he should be allowed to take his…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Schools have 12 months to publish gender pay gap statistics

New rules requiring academy trusts and schools with more than 250 workers to publish their gender pay gap statistics…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Corbyn: I’ll tax private school fees to fund free meals for primary pupils

Jeremy Corbyn will announce tomorrow that a Labour government would extend universal free school meals to all primary school…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Church of England school backs down on proposal for 75% faith places at free school

A Church of England school is consulting on opening a free school which would break the 50 per cent…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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UTC that ‘knocked pupils’ aspirations’ put in special measures

A university technical college (UTC) that knocked the confidence and aspirations of pupils after putting them on the wrong…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker