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Harris plans vocational courses-only school (with GCSE resits)

One of the country’s largest academy trusts is to open a 16-19 free school offering only vocational courses and…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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EEF trial finds breakfast clubs more effective than infant free school meals

Breakfast clubs are more cost-effective than the government’s flagship £1 billion universal infant free school meals policy in improving…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Union website predicts budget cuts for every school in England

A new interactive website which purports to calculate the cuts faced by every school in England has been launched –…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Silent army of ‘lost girls’ struggle with reading, experts warn

Teachers have been urged to wise up to behaviourial changes in girl pupils after a new report found a…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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MPs hope power of prayer will scrap pupil database changes

MPs will attempt to scrap a law that forces schools to collect data on pupils’ nationality and country of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Nicky Morgan: I had to ‘fend off ideas’ from Downing Street

Nicky Morgan has revealed she often had to “fend off ideas” from Downing Street during her time as education…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Government told to ‘come clean’ on EBacc consultation findings after six-month delay

The government has failed to publish a report from its own consultation into the EBacc launched a year ago,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Executive headteacher of 8 local authority primaries paid more than £330,000-a-year

An executive headteacher of a federation of local-authority maintained primary schools has been revealed as one of the best-paid…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Wilshaw writes letter condemning heads for failing to stop pupil fight

The Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has criticised four London schools following a fight involving some of their pupils….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Rise in appeals against ‘tougher’ Key Stage 2 SATs tests

The number of appeals against the marking of this year’s “tougher” SATs tests has risen – with one in…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Primary experts call for reception year review

The government has been called on to launch an official review of the reception year after primary experts found…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Comprehensives can have ‘grammar school ethos’, claims Wilshaw

Comprehensives can have a ‘grammar-school ethos’, Sir Michael Wilshaw has claimed as he launched his latest attack on plans…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker