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Small schools at risk of closure under academies plan, warns union boss

A move to turn all schools into academies risks the closure of small and “expensive” rural schools, as academy…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Camden could be first council to form multi-academy trust

A council is set to rubber stamp plans to turn its school partnership organisation into a company – seemingly…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools should address sexist bullying and teach girls to ‘speak out’, union boss claims

Schools should be teaching all pupils about rhetoric and “speaking out”, to ease pressure on girls to be compliant…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Nicky Morgan: Brexit could harm pupils’ language-learning opportunities

Opportunities for young people, such as learning from native speakers of French, German and Spanish, could be put at…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Schools to be ‘named and shamed’ over unfair pay practices

Academy trusts, schools and councils will be “named and shamed” over “unreasonable and unfair” pay policies, the National Union…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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More teachers set to desert pension scheme as living costs soar

The number of teachers opting out of the teachers’ pension scheme has “plateaued” after a recent tumble in contributions…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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NUT prevent strategy motion: what it actually says

The National Union of Teachers annual conference has passed a motion calling for the government’s prevent duty to be withdrawn…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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All trainee teachers should get SEND training, NUT demands

All trainee teachers should receive “comprehensive” SEND training to cope with “greater responsibilities”, the National Union of Teachers has…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Relaxed admissions code could create ‘grammar-style’ sixth-forms

Plans to relax the admissions code for school sixth forms could boost grammar-style streams at 16, say legal and…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Union action against primary tests: what it means for schools

The National Union of Teachers has today passed a motion about primary testing, which will inform its campaigning on…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Union calls on schools to boycott baseline checks and urges Morgan to cancel primary tests

Schools are being urged to boycott baseline testing of reception children this September while the National Union of Teachers executive…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Churches get special relationship with regional schools commissioners

An agreement will set out the relationship between churches and the government as all schools get set to become…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips