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Schools spend thousands of pounds on ‘question banks’ to improve GCSEs and SATs scores

Schools are spending thousands of pounds on “question banks” to prepare pupils for exams and to improve assessment outcomes….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Teach First criticised for PwC job deferral partnership

Ministers have been called on to allow school teacher training providers access to the same pool of graduates targeted…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Academies specialising in excluded pupils under pressure to grow

Multi-academy trusts that specialise in alternative provision are being asked to expand and sponsor new schools as local authority-run…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Investigation: How apprenticeship levy costs are affecting supply teachers

One of the country’s leading umbrella companies for supply teachers denies it is passing on the costs of the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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ICT qualifications still in chaos due to delays

Teachers have accused the government of deliberately holding back approval for new ICT qualifications to force more pupils into…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Struggling UTC opens its own 11-14 feeder school to boost numbers

A university technical college that has struggled to recruit pupils is opening an 11 to 14 “specialist academy” next…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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Schools told to develop ‘hack plan’ to avoid NHS cyber attack

Stringent “hack plans” must be developed by schools in the light of a global cyberattack that brought much of…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Inspiration Trust to change turnaround approach with ‘knowledge-led’ curriculum

Inspiration Trust, the academy chain run by Dame Rachel de Souza, is planning to develop its own “knowledge-led” curriculum…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Exodus of children in care from London – but why?

An exodus of looked-after children from the capital could be driving down the achievement rates in other parts of…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Government to step in over supply teacher costs

The government is planning to step in and establish a national pool of ‘trusted’ supply teacher agencies in a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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DfE believes fewer teachers in creative subjects will be needed in the future

Official government figures show the demand for teachers in EBacc subjects is set to soar, indicating the subjects will…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Russell Hobby appointed Teach First chief executive

Russell Hobby has been appointed as chief executive of the teacher training charity Teach First. Hobby, currently general secretary…

John Dickens
John Dickens