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Grammar schools expand even without new schools

Grammar schools have been increasing their intake for years even without the government legally lifting the ban on them…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Grammars taking poorer pupils could face higher teacher turnover

Grammar schools attempting to show they can reform by taking more pupils from low income families could be “put…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teacher training courses half empty as term approaches

The low number of trainees starting initial teacher training courses this year is “very concerning”, according to experts –…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Justine Greening confirms grammar school plans are ‘an option’

The education secretary Justine Greening has confirmed education policies based on a “pragmatic look” at grammar schools will be…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Admission appeals: The key points

The Department for Education (DfE) has this morning put out figures on the number of admissions appeals for the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Prioritising poorer pupils could help lift grammar ban

Grammar schools that prioritise free school meal pupils in their admissions policy could be used to prove that lifting…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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Booming private tuition stretches attainment gap

The burgeoning private tuition market, now worth up to £2 billion a year, is stretching the attainment gap between…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofqual confirms new method for allocating top GCSE grades

Ofqual has confirmed it will adopt a new “fairer” approach to GCSE top grades after its proposed method won the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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5 things we learned from the education committee’s MATs hearing

The House of Commons education committee has spent the morning grilling academics, think tank leaders and faith school bosses…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy results boost ‘tapers away to zero’, study finds

Improvements in schools’ results after they become sponsored academies cannot be attributed to the actions of their sponsors, a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Grammar schools: Does photographed document reveal government plans?

The government is under pressure to clarify its plans for new grammar schools after a memo photographed in Downing…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools should be ‘positive about masculinity’, claims Conservative MP

Schools should be “positive about masculinity” and not try to “make boys something they are not”, a Conservative MP…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker