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Baseline provider ‘surprised’ at DfE preference for formal reception test

Early Excellence, the popular baseline assessment provider whose observation-based model was favoured by 70 per cent of primary schools,…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Union demands say in teacher apprenticeships to avoid ‘exploitation’

Union leaders are demanding more of a say in the development of a new teaching apprenticeship to ensure it’s…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Union leaders spurn NEU’s merger call

Education unions are not queuing up to join the National Education Union, the new teacher union created by a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers urged to clamp down on all-powerful academy CEOs

Ministers have been urged to clamp down on over-powerful academy bosses after an investigation found one chief executive sacked…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Greening heralds £2.4bn school capital funding, but money isn’t new

The Department for Education has outlined how it will spend £2.4 billion in school capital funding in the coming…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School ‘terrifically proud’ of pupil who designed new £1 coin two years ago

A pupil encouraged by a teacher to enter a competition to design the new pound coin says he will…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Disastrous’ change in teaching training causes 7% drop in numbers

The government’s “disastrous” changes to how universities and other teacher training providers offer places led to a 7 per…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Pupils to book lessons via app at new studio school

An unconventional 14 to 19 school with an eight-hour day, no homework and a system that allows pupils to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Bolton Wanderers Free School under fire over promises in DfE application forms

The closing Bolton Wanderers Free School (BWFS) is facing more scrutiny after promises in its original application appear not…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Parents ‘must pay’ for sports teams at Kent school

A Kent headteacher has told parents they will need to pay for their child to be part of the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofqual omits ‘strong’ grade from new GCSE guidance

The exams regulator Ofqual has written to schools about proposed changes to new GCSE grades, but has left details…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School performance tracker RAISEonline to be scrapped in July

The Department for Education will scrap its RAISEonline programme used by schools to compare performance data in favour of…

John Dickens
John Dickens