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Mental health counselling campaign launches as union warns of pupil ‘stress’

A campaign for universal access to school-based counselling services will be launched by teachers today, as union leaders warn…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Lucy Powell: ‘Constant chopping and changing’ of curriculum has caused ‘impossible’ workload

Ministers with “pet subjects” meddling in curriculum and creating “impossible” assessment changes would become a thing of the past…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Lord Nash: Every academy expected to set up parent council

Junior schools minister Lord Nash has today announced that all academies will be expected to set up “parent councils”….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Lucy Powell: Labour will work with Conservative rebels to oppose academies plan

Labour will work with back-bench Conservatives to oppose government plans to turn all schools into academies, Lucy Powell has…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Nick Gibb at ATL Conference: The speed-read

Nick Gibb addressed the Association of Teachers and Lecturers’ annual conference this morning, and spoke about teacher recruitment, problems with Ofsted and…

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Schools Week Reporter
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Nick Gibb: Teachers should use evidence, not ‘latest fad’ from Ofsted

Teachers should base their approach on evidence and not on the “latest fad” from Ofsted, Nick Gibb has told…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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ATL teacher survey reveals support staff often cover vacancies

To coincide with the opening of its annual conference today, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers has published the findings…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government facing £1.1bn “funding blackhole” to convert schools into academies, Labour claim

The government is facing a £1.1bn funding blackhole to fulfill its pledge of converting every school into an academy,…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Nick Gibb to stand in for Nicky Morgan at ATL conference

Schools minister Nick Gibb and shadow education secretary Lucy Powell will address teachers in Liverpool next week as the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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EXCLUSIVE: Government to ban the word ‘schools’ in favour of ‘academies’

NB – This story was published as an April Fool’s story. All schools will be forced to remove the term…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Special needs free school rated inadequate as Ofsted laments lack of external support

A special needs free school has been rated as inadequate by Ofsted with inspectors claiming a lack of access…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Small schools at risk of closure under academies plan, warns union boss

A move to turn all schools into academies risks the closure of small and “expensive” rural schools, as academy…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford