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Talk to pupils about university when they’re 10, Ucas tells schools

Schools should do more to encourage pupils as young as 12 to think about their post-18 choices, the University…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust that provided advisers for RSCs to hand over its schools to new sponsors

An academy chain whose founders have a government contract to provide advisers to help regional schools commissioners judge the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Justine Greening ‘committed’ to delivering fair funding formula from 2017, despite delay concerns

The government has confirmed today it is still aiming to fund schools under a new national funding formula from…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Closing the gap: New report calls for schools to publish disadvantaged pupil progress results on their websites

Schools should publish progress measures for disadvantaged pupils on their websites, a new report has claimed, after revealing stark…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Disadvantaged pupils benefit from swift EBacc changes, research finds

Schools that swiftly overhauled their curriculum to meet the government’s English Baccalaureate (EBacc) when it was first introduced boosted…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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New GCSEs and A-levels finally signed off – just days before schools break up for summer

The exams regulator has announced today it has finished accrediting new qualifications, less than two months before they are…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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It’s official: Amanda Spielman approved as Ofsted chief inspector

Amanda Spielman has been approved by the Privy Council as Ofsted’s next chief inspector, the government has confirmed. The…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Invest in early years teachers to ensure children are school-ready, charities tell MPs

The government should invest in early years education to ensure children are “school-ready” by the age of five, charity…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trusts team up to explore founding Institute of Advanced Teaching

Teaching schools and academy chain heavyweights are exploring a unique partnership to found a new higher-education institute that would…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Department for Education reshuffle: Meet the ministers

You would be forgiven for thinking the new ministerial line-up at the Department for Education looks familiar. Justine Greening, who…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government trebles fund to help schools tackle homophobic bullying

Government funding to help train teachers how to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullying has been trebled to…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Schools struggle to support white working-class boys because of definition confusion, report finds

Schools are struggling to help target and provide support to white working-class boys because the government does not have a suitable definition of…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden