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Pupil database changes made ‘without debate’

The government is facing calls to release details of the panel that approved plans for schools to gather data…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Justine Greening’s first education select committee: 4 things we learned

Justine Greening, the new education secretary, has faced her first grilling from MPs on the education select committee this…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teachers ‘almost unanimously’ reject grammar school proposals

Teachers are “almost unanimous” in rejecting government proposals to lift the ban on new grammar schools, according to research…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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‘Difficult to disentangle’ if teaching is improving, admits Ofqual boss

The exams watchdog Ofqual is struggling to link school exam results to teaching quality, its chief regulator has admitted….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Cross-party MPs: Give schools legal duty to tackle sexual harassment

Schools should be legally required to tackle sexual harassment and sexual violence and inspected on their effectiveness in this area,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Backlash over ‘schools that work for everyone’ as grammar plan title

The government is facing a backlash after giving its green paper the title “schools that work for everyone” –…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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May’s grammar challenge revealed as Conservative MPs voice fears

The true extent of the opposition faced by the government over its plans to allow new grammar schools to open has been revealed…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Grammar schools green paper: The 12 policy recommendations

Schools Week has rounded up the full list of policy recommendations from the government’s grammar schools green paper published today….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Grammar schools green paper reveals government selective education expansion plan

The government has released its green paper outlining plans to allow new grammar schools to open along with other…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Greening to unveil grammar schools green paper this afternoon

The government’s green paper on plans for new grammar schools and other school reforms will be laid before Parliament…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Special needs funding plan shown to be ‘unreliable’

The government’s proposed new way of funding early education for children with special educational needs will fail to distribute…

Ann McGauran
Ann McGauran
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Complaints lodged against schools triple in 3 years

The Department for Education (DfE) has been hit with an alarming rise in complaints made against schools, with the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden