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Pupils less likely to get first choice secondary place as ‘baby bulge’ moves upwards

The proportion of children getting their first choice of secondary school place has dropped as the demographic boom hits…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pupils more alert in afternoon, study finds

A new study has found primary pupils may be more alert in the afternoon, which “contradicts” the practice of…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Two new education ministers in May reshuffle

Anne Milton and Robert Goodwill have been appointed as new ministers at the Department for Education in the ongoing…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Nick Gibb stays as schools minister in May reshuffle

Nick Gibb will continue as the minister for school standards after a minor reshuffle of the Department for Education…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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BAME teachers need to be ‘endorsed’ by white people to get promotions

Black, Asian and minority ethnic teachers are not able to move into senior roles unless they are endorsed by…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Justine Greening stays as education secretary in May reshuffle

Justine Greening will remain as education secretary in Theresa May’s new minority government. After a turbulent weekend during which…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney


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‘Modest pilot’ for grammar schools, says influential Tory MP

Graham Brady, head of the influential 1922 committee of MPs, which Theresa May has been told she must now…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Education union membership drops to lowest point in a decade

Membership of education trade unions is at its lowest level in nearly a decade, amid a 10 per cent…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Grammars advocate resigns as PM’s adviser

Nick Timothy, a key adviser to the prime minister and former director of the New Schools Network, has resigned from…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Church of England sidesteps government rules over multi-academy trust control

The Church of England is to gain overall control of a new multi-academy trust, even though nine of the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Pupils with special needs waiting for school place more than doubles

The number of pupils with special educational needs waiting in limbo for school places has more than doubled, according…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Election 2017: Education’s winners and losers

One of the most eventful election campaigns in decades has resulted in significant changes to the line-up of MPs…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker