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EEF: New trials launched to test school careers programmes

Two new Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) trials will test how different careers education programmes can boost teenagers’ motivation at…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Revealed: The ‘sausage-machine schools’ pushing new teachers out the profession

More than 100 “sausage-machine schools” which recruit and lose high numbers of newly-qualified teachers in a “cycle of grinding…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Teachers leaving faster than ever – and 10 other school workforce findings

The Department for Education has published the 2016 School Workforce Census figures this morning. Schools Week has the key…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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New teacher rate at lowest in five years, while school vacancies rise

The number of new teachers entering the profession in England has dropped to its lowest rate in five years…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Poor teenagers more likely to drop university ambitions, study finds

Poor teenagers who are not planning to go to university but who do well in their GCSEs are far…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Queen’s speech: School leaders welcome axing of new grammar schools

School leaders have welcomed the omission of major new education policies from the Queen’s speech, which they say mean…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Queen’s speech: Government will ensure ‘fairer funding’ for schools

The government has pledged to deliver fairer funding for schools in the Queen’s speech today. The speech, written by…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Public confused on grammars, research suggests

The public appears to be split about whether government plans to expand grammar schools should go ahead or not,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE ‘must drop’ inspection funding agreement with faith groups

The government should “get rid” of an agreement that allows religious groups to receive millions of pounds to inspect…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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May ‘drops’ plans to axe free meals for infants from Queen’s Speech

Prime minister Theresa May has axed controversial plans to scrap free lunches for primary pupils and instead offer free…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Unions demand ‘urgent reassurances’ on school fire safety after Grenfell blaze

Two education unions have joined with fire officers to demand “urgent reassurances” from Justine Greening about fire safety in…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Investigation: Schools lose access to police officers as cuts bite

Schools are beginning to lose their access to dedicated police officers as cuts bite, with new figures obtained by…

John Dickens
John Dickens