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Government to pilot ‘secure schools’ after Taylor review condemns youth prisons

The government will adopt proposals for new ‘secure schools’ to educate young offenders by following the lead of pupil…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Select committees launch joint inquiry into schools’ mental health provision

A joint inquiry is set to investigate how schools and teachers can prevent and intervene in mental health issues…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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SSAT 2016: Numeracy and literacy focus narrowed the curriculum, says Sean Harford

Science and modern languages are going to get a good look-in too, says Sean Harford. Ofsted will increasingly check…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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SSAT 2016: Teaching to the test is stopping PISA progress, says Debra Kidd

Debra Kidd says pupils are primed for national exams, which is why they struggle in tests such as PISA….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Just six areas meet government’s grammar school criteria (and they aren’t in deprived places)

Just six areas meet government criteria for new grammar schools, according to a study published today, that found the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Russell Group sticks by ‘preferred subjects’ list – but still has no evidence

The Russell Group has continued to advise pupils to take a group of “preferred subjects” at A-level to help…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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Child refugees: One school’s international solution for new arrivals

While schools and councils across the country deal with the challenge of mid-term arrivals, officials in the London borough…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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SSAT 2016: We are in a new education age obsessed with identity, says Andy Hargreaves

English schools are “way ahead of most of the world” in terms of collaborating to improve opportunities for pupils,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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OGAT runs course showing academies how to ‘restructure’ staff

A leading academy trust is running £300-per-head sessions to advise school leaders on how they can restructure staff to…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools prepare for arrival of ‘hundreds’ of child refugees

Schools are being told to prepare for the arrival of hundreds of child refugees over the coming months following…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Private schools want £55m funding to offer 10,000 places for low-income pupils

Private schools want to offer up to 10,000 places to low-income families every year – as long as the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Investigation: Who should we believe on data?

After months of covering stories on new rules requiring schools to collect information on pupils’ nationality and limits on…

John Dickens
John Dickens