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Vicky Beer to stay on as RSC after departure U-turn

Vicky Beer, regional schools commissioner for Lancashire and West Yorkshire, has made a dramatic U-turn on her decision to…

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John Dickens
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Pupils able to request coursework results from 2018

Pupils will be able to request the results of their GCSE and A-level coursework from next year, Ofqual has…

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John Dickens
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Greening promises QTS won’t be scrapped, and 7 key findings from her College of Teaching conference speech

Justine Greening has promised qualified teacher status will not be scrapped amid concerns the entry-bar into teaching is being…

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John Dickens
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Government considers council MAT for vulnerable Kent primaries

The government is in talks with a council over plans to create a ‘spin-off’ multi academy trust to run the region’s…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Make sex education compulsory to stop spread of STIs, say councils

Councils across England say compulsory sex education should be extended to academies in order to reduce the spread of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Parkfield School still without sponsor ahead of move to £35m new site

A struggling Bournemouth free school is still without a sponsor less than two months ahead of its move to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Education committee: Government ‘yet to prove case’ for new grammar schools

The MP who chairs Parliament’s influential education committee says the government has “yet to prove the case” for new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The academy trust behind a £200k severance deal

The Great Academies Education Trust, set up by a housing group, has paid £200,000 severance to a former employee…

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John Dickens
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Pathway to ‘chartered teacher status’ will open in 2018, says College of Teaching

A programme for “chartered teacher status” will open next year, promises the Chartered College of Teaching. But critics question…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Just 54 citizenship teachers were trained this year

The number of new citizenship teachers in England has plummeted since 2010, prompting calls for a more “robust” approach…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Two for-profit sponsors back out of academy market

Two academy trusts set up by for-profit providers that have made millions running schools across the globe have ended…

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John Dickens
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11 academy trusts close their doors

Eleven multi-academy trusts handed at least £770,000 of government start-up funding are set to fold after their schools were…

John Dickens
John Dickens