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Wilshaw: Return to grammar schools a ‘profoundly retrograde step’

Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has taken aim at government plans to lift the ban on new grammar schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NUT ‘can envisage’ strikes this term

The new leader of the National Union of Teachers has said he “can envisage” further walk-outs by teachers this term…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New test for 18,000 Year 11 pupils to make GCSE grading more accurate

The new national reference tests will go-ahead and be taken for the first time by roughly 18,000 students in…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Councils launch investigation after KS2 results show worrying trend

Councils will team up to investigate large gaps between their pupils’ key stage 2 writing and reading results amid…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Independent schools ‘uneasy’ as employers urged to ask job applicants for education background

Independent schools have challenged a leading government commission after it called on employers to collect data on the educational…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Small schools no advantage for primary test scores

Primary pupils who took this year’s key stage 2 SATs tests in small class sizes performed the same as…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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The 6 Key Trends in the KS2 Primary Test Results

See the latest SATs data from 15 Dec, 2016: Fewer primary schools fall below the floor standards and 7 key…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Leaked report reveals small schools needed extra cash for free meals – yet government still ended it

Thousands of small schools are struggling to meet the cost of providing free school meals, according to a leaked…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Northern Education Trust hit with pre-warning notice for three academies

A pre-warning notice letter has been issued to the Northern Education Trust, due to “unacceptably low” standards of performance…

Features Team
Features Team
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Education ‘super-union’ talks move to final stages as NUT and ATL plan special conferences

Talks about the formation of a new education super-union with members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Professor Dame Alison Peacock appointed CEO of the Chartered College of Teaching

Professor Dame Alison Peacock, executive headteacher of The Wroxham School in Hertfordshire, has been appointed as the first chief…

Features Team
Features Team
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Free school GCSE results reveal highs … and lows

Free schools with fledgling GCSE cohorts have hit highs – and lows – in their overall performance in this…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott