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DfE faces landmark judicial review after school commissioner ‘flouted’ sixth form rules

The Department for Education is facing a judicial review over claims a regional schools comissioner flouted the government’s own…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Prep school exaggerated 11-plus results

A prep school boasting of its impressive record of getting pupils to grammar school has been rapped by the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE admits to alternative provision failures

The government “needs to do better” for pupils in alternative provision, says a senior civil servant following claims that…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Former Lilac Sky CEO disputes revised accounts

The co-founder of an academy chain that is due to be wound up has claimed the trust released inaccurate…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Financial investigation into Bright Tribe trust remains ‘hidden’ by education secretary

The education secretary has been accused of “hiding” a financial investigation into a controversial academy trust run by the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Pupils who were not white British told to send in birthplace data

Schools are demanding copies of pupils’ passports, and asking parents to confirm if their children are asylum seekers or…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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New grammar schools will not increase social mobility, report finds

Opening new grammar schools is unlikely to boost education standards or increase social mobility, a major study released today…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Inquiry follows primary assessment ‘chaos’

MPs have launched an inquiry into primary assessment to investigate the impact of recent reforms on teaching and learning….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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EPI grammar schools report: the 7 key findings

A major piece of research by the Education Policy Institute into grammar schools and social mobility has been published…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Vote Leave campaigner and Tory donor behind Parents and Teachers for Excellence campaign

One of the two directors behind the Parent and Teachers for Excellence (PTE) movement was a key figure in the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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University free school plan ‘insulting’ to teachers, says Oxford boss

Asking universities to set up free schools is “insulting” to teachers and heads, the vice-chancellor of the University of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academic calls for return of the classics in all schools

Latin and classics should be taught “in every primary school” with ancient Greek added at secondary level, says a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker