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Primary teachers should spend less time marking maths, schools told

Maths teachers should focus less on marking and more on lesson planning, the organisation that represents the subject at a…

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Pupils denied mental health services for insufficiently ‘complex’ conditions

Young people who miss school as a result of their mental health are being turned away from services because…

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Nick Linford
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Oasis academy chief Rebecca Clark named as new regional schools commissioner

The Department for Education has today appointed a new regional schools commissioner (RSC) to take over from Sir David…

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Schools recruitment opens for ‘real-world’ maths teaching trial

Teaching pupils “real-world” maths skills like estimating the cost of gas bills will be tested under new trials to…

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Scrap national curriculum at 14 and take careers responsibility from schools, say Lords

The national curriculum should be scrapped for pupils over 14 and responsibility for careers advice taken away from schools,…

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Baseline tests: Government abandons progress measure over lack of comparability

Controversial primary school baseline tests will not be used to track school performance, the government has announced. Following a comparability study,…

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Birmingham City Council votes to reject government academy plans

The country’s largest council, located in a key election battleground, has passed a motion rejecting the government’s plan to…

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School librarians report ‘books in skips’ as union urges Ofsted to inspect resources

School libraries should be inspected by Ofsted, a union has ruled, as a group representing school librarians reported declining…

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ATL conference: Members back ‘super union’ talks with NUT

Talks about the possible formation of a ‘super union’ between the National Union of Teachers and Association of Teachers…

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Nick Linford
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Education charity pulls support services to make way for teaching schools

An education charity has announced it will step away from providing school improvement services for a county council so…

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Bousted slams ‘insane’ curriculum as she calls for joint union action

An “insane” national curriculum and “test mania” are forcing teachers out of the profession and making children ill, Mary Bousted…

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ATL conference: Union will consider industrial action against academies plan after unanimous vote

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has unanimously voted to consider industrial action in response to the government’s plan to turn…

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Nick Linford