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25% of Cameron’s ‘landmark’ free schools delayed

More than a quarter of free schools approved by David Cameron under a “landmark” wave of applications had to…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Academy CEOs could face local council ‘scrutiny boards’

Councils could soon have scrutiny powers over academies similar to those they already have for health bodies as the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Kent private schools ignore 11-plus tutoring ban

Independent schools in Kent are openly advertising their success at coaching pupils to pass an 11-plus test, against their…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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£60m opportunity areas may not stop cash shortfalls

Schools in Blackpool, Derby, Norwich, Oldham, Scarborough and West Somerset will receive extra money and support from the government…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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£30,000 schools grant for workload research

Schools can apply to the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) for funding to carry out in-house research…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE ‘drags its feet’ on academies report

Ministers have been accused of dragging their feet over the publication of a key academies document that will reveal…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Floreat’s financial woes flag small trust concerns

Financial difficulties that have forced an academy chain founded by one of the government’s education advisers to consider a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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What schools need to know about collecting census nationality data

Changes to the school census that require the collection of data on pupils’ country of birth and nationality are back on…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Five schools unveiled as regional research hubs

Five schools across England will be given a share of £2.5 million to become education research hubs for their…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Theresa May pledges to lift ban on grammar schools

The government will lift the ban on opening new grammar schools, the prime minister has announced, pre-empting the outcome of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unions consider legal challenge to grammar school ‘get-out clause’

Unions are preparing to challenge the government’s ‘grammar school get-out clause’ over claims that it is not a correct…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Education secretary announces £60m ‘opportunity areas’

The creation of new ‘opportunity areas’ across England will see £60 million spent on school improvement, teacher support and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker