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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
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Justine Greening commits to national funding formula but is quiet on more cash for schools

The new education secretary Justine Greening appears to have committed to introducing a new national fair funding formula today, although refused…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools minister Nick Gibb stays in Department for Education role

Nick Gibb appears to have held on to his schools minister role, with prime minister Theresa May confirming this…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Aldi back-to-school advert causes outrage

A national supermarket chain has apologised after provoking social media outrage with an advert that many people felt pandered…

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Features Team
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School loses high court bid to gag Ofsted publishing ‘inadequate’ inspection report

A free school has lost a high court challenge to gag Ofsted from publishing a damning inspection report –…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Kevin Courtney elected general secretary of National Union of Teachers

Kevin Courtney has been elected as the 12th general secretary of the National Union of Teachers with almost 70…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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High court backs government in landmark free school site ruling

A high court judge has ruled in favour of the government in a landmark planning battle over a free…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Year 6 pupils will not have to take times tables tests next summer

Primary schools will not be expected to adminster times tables tests for year 6 pupils next summer, despite an…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Spending think tank demands review into varying costs of teacher training routes

The government must justify the “substantial difference” in costs between teacher training routes, a new report has claimed, with…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Texting parents about their child’s homework deadlines boosts maths results, new report finds

Texting parents about upcoming tests and homework deadlines can boost secondary school pupils’ maths results by an extra month…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Justine Greening ‘cheerful and upbeat’ as she tells staff of education vision

The new education secretary Justine Greening has revealed she wants the beefed-up Department for Education (DfE) to be “the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Department for Education takes on skills and universities in expanded remit

The Department for Education will take on responsibility for higher education and skills in a massive expansion of its remit,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker