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DfE starts search for new Ofsted chair

The government has launched its search for a new Ofsted chair after David Hoare resigned following a backlash over…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Nationality data won’t be included in National Pupil Database, says minister

Pupils’ nationality and country of birth data will not be included in the national pupil database (NPD) following a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Plans for new engineering A-level to recruit more creative students are dropped

Proposals to develop a new engineering A-level have been dropped, Schools Week can reveal, as more A-levels bite the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Justine Greening shelves Education for All bill

Justine Greening has announced today she will shelve plans to force all schools in “unviable or underperforming” council areas…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Michael Gove backs grammar plan – despite previous resistance to selective school expansion

Michael Gove has today backtracked on his historical resistance to new selective schools by saying the prime minister’s plans…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE ordered to publish suppressed infant free school meals report

The Department for Education has been told it must publish a suppressed report that found small schools are struggling…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Justine Greening: Strong case to keep teacher pay rises capped at 1 per cent

The education secretary wants teachers’ pay rises to be capped at an average of 1 per cent next year,…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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A third of academy trusts paid businesses linked to their staff, and 7 other school finance findings

The education select committee has quizzed senior civil servants as part of their latest hearing into academy finances. Schools…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Boys trail girls in literacy because they skim read books, report finds

Boys are being outperformed by girls in literacy because they read less thoroughly than their female classmates, new research…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Academy trusts should ‘exchange’ back office services

Shared services are logical, Marcus Robinson, a partner at professional services firm PwC told delegates at the 2nd annual…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Academy trusts wanting cash to grow ‘rejected’ by DfE

Cash handouts to help academy trusts expand are not reaching all the chains that want them, says a senior…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pearson Teaching Awards reveal who has come top of the class in 2016

Ten of the country’s most outstanding teachers have been rewarded for their contributions to education by winning gold at…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney