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Campaign demands support for speaking skills after teachers describe training ‘barriers’

A campaign calling for greater emphasis on the development of spoken communication skills in schools has been launched after…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School ICT costs rise as pound plummets post-Brexit

Schools are facing hikes of more than 10 per cent in their ICT costs after tech giants say post-Brexit…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Unpaid DfE coaching scheme for women teachers criticised as ‘tick-box exercise’

A government scheme to encourage more women to become school leaders has been dubbed a “tick-box exercise” by those…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Justine Greening holds up findings of the Teachers Working Longer Review

A group of educationists scrutinising the consequences of teachers working until their late 60s expect their interim findings to…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Feeder pre-school charges £275 ‘retainer fee’ for free nursery place

A primary’s “feeder” pre-school has been charging parents a “retainer fee” of almost £300 to secure government-funded nursery places…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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The Giles Academy trust issued with financial notice over ‘serious breach’ of land-buying agreement

An academy has been issued with a financial notice to improve after “seriously breaching” the academies financial handbook by…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Boss of country’s largest academy trust steps down

The boss of the country’s largest multi-academy trust has announced he is stepping down from his role as chief…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Pupils who record own learning make four months’ progress in maths – and two other EEF trials

A programme that develops pupils’ ability to reflect on their own learning has returned promising results for attainment in…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted offers up extra cash to entice inspectors to lead school visits

Ofsted will offer cash incentives to lure less experienced inspectors into leading more school visits under a new action…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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New free schools chief resets Cameron’s target

The government would need to triple the average number of free schools opened each year to meet higher targets…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Multi-academy trusts 6 times more likely to be named after men than women

Multi-academy trusts are six times more likely to be named after men than women, a Schools Week investigation has…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted quietly ditches good practice case studies

Ofsted has abandoned its policy of publishing good practice to help to dispel myths that it insists on “prescribed…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden