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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
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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