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Brexit fallout stunts recruitment for first ‘super-SCITT’

The country’s first “super” school-led scheme to train language teachers has been given the go-ahead by the government to…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Private school with £35,000 yearly fees looks for £3.50-an-hour apprentice to tend grounds

A private school with annual fees of £35,000 is looking to take on a £3.50-an-hour apprentice to tend its…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Long read: The inside story of the Trojan Horse trial collapse

One of Michael Gove’s first decisions as education secretary was to abolish the General Teaching Council for England (GTCE)…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Education committee chair Neil Carmichael loses seat as Justine Greening clings on

The former chair of the education select committee Neil Carmichael has lost his seat in parliament in one of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Election night 2017: The constituencies to watch if you work in education

It’s been one of the most eventful and uncertain election campaigns in recent history, and now it’s almost over. The…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Bookies predict education MPs heading back to parliament

Most of the politicians who had the top education jobs in the last parliament look set to return as…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Catholic Church backs down on faith ‘certificate’ court challenge

The Catholic Church has backed down on its plans to take the government to court over faith pupils, and…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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One in five schools face disruption as voters go to the polls

One in five of England’s schools are expected to experience disruption or closure today as the country goes to the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NHS groups backtrack on proposals to restrict autism diagnoses

NHS commissioners have backtracked on proposals to diagnose children with autism only if they also have a mental health…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Accounts reveal shocking financial mismanagement at defunct academy trust

A new report has exposed how an academy trust under investigation by the government has repeatedly breached finance rules…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Sponsored: NUT school cuts campaign video goes viral

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has seen a huge response to its campaign that reveals the full scale of possible…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Death of 4-year-old boy prompts calls for review of schools’ absence approach

A coroner has told ministers to take action on the systems schools use to deal with unexpected absences, following the death…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker