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Grammar school taxis could cost £5k a pupil

Plans to fund free transport for disadvantaged pupils to grammar schools could leave councils and schools out of pocket,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Low-attainers at partially selective schools do worse at GCSE, study finds

Pupils with low prior attainment at partially selective schools are less likely to achieve good GCSEs than those at…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Budget 2017: The 5 things schools need to know

The chancellor Philip Hammond has unveiled his spring budget in the House of Commons today. Most of the education…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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More heads consider resigning over funding cuts

More experienced headteachers are ready to resign over budget cuts that would “decimate” their schools, it was claimed today….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Bolton Wanderers Free School to close

A free school set up by Bolton Wanderers Football Club will close at the end of this academic year, less…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted ‘double inspection’ pilot thwarted after inspectors ‘spoke frequently’

Ofsted had to beef up safeguards during its double inspection reliability study after inspectors, who were supposed to independently…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Spielman: Inspection reliability study is ‘just first step’ of Ofsted research push

Amanda Spielman has pledged to continue ‘inspecting the inspectors’ as part of a new Ofsted research drive after publishing…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Budget 2017: Free transport for grammar schools up to 15 miles away

Disadvantaged pupils will be offered free transport to grammar schools up to 15 miles from their home under new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Budget 2017: £536m for refurbs and new free schools, but doubts over 500 target

More than £530 million will be set aside in this week’s budget to create new free schools and improve existing…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Council education boss appointed new RSC for East Midlands and Humber

A council education director has been named as the new regional schools commissioner for the East Midlands and the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Delayed review of older teachers requests extra evidence

A government review on the implications of teachers working until their late 60s wants to gather more evidence –…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Wealthy academy sponsors safeguard school trips amid funding squeeze

Donations from wealthy sponsors are helping academy trusts to safeguard school trips, breakfast clubs and sports competitions as other…

John Dickens
John Dickens