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£2bn fund revealed for DfE free school property company

A company set up by the Department for Education (DfE) to buy new free school sites will be given a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Gibb becomes ‘school standards’ minister in DfE reshuffle

A shake-up of ministerial roles at the Department for Education has been announced, with some interesting changes following the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Social need’ free schools would combat racist abuse in classrooms, charity claims

Allowing free schools to open where there is a “social need” would increase community integration and help prevent racist abuse…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Scottish MPs ‘not ruling out’ attempt to block Theresa May’s grammar schools plan

Scottish MPs have not ruled out breaking with convention to block Theresa May’s bid to scrap the ban on…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Education committee chair joins growing opposition to May’s grammar schools plan

Education select committee chair Neil Carmichael has joined the growing ranks of politicians, policy experts and academics opposing Theresa…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted text scam warning

Ofsted has warned the education community to be vigilant after a childminder was targeted by fraudsters in a text scam….

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Just 30 refugee children resettled in UK before start of term

Schools have been urged to develop a “different approach” to teaching refugee children after it emerged hundreds are still…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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League tables 2016: How your school will be judged

The government has this morning published details of what data schools will be judged on in this year’s league…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Free school bid changes pave way for more studio schools – despite spate of closures

New rules governing the opening of free schools could pave the way for more studio schools, it has been…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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University access gap between state and independent schools widens

The gap between the proportion of state school pupils going to university and their independent school peers has widened…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Council considers ditching polling station role for school in deprived town

A council will review its use of an infant school in one of the country’s most deprived areas as…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Deprivation study finds grammars, faith and primary free schools ‘biased’ against poor pupils

Grammar schools and free schools may be exacerbating social segregation, new research released today shows. Analysis of the deprivation…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott