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Corbyn: Labour will give schools £160m ‘arts pupil premium’

Labour will introduce an “arts pupil premium” to pump £160 million of extra funding into schools if it wins…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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UTC architect Lord Baker slams government over ‘narrow’ EBacc

The architect of the University Technical College (UTC) model has launched a scathing attack on the government’s “narrow” English…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Teacher severance pay cap will cost schools, warns union

Schools are facing the prospect of more costly employment tribunals after the government announced it was clamping down on…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Angela Rayner: Full text of Labour Conference 2016 speech

Conference, it is an honour for me to stand before you today as Shadow Secretary of State for Education….

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Chair of Education Funding Agency doubts all-academy and grammar plans

The chair of the Education Funding Agency’s advisory board has cast doubt on plans to convert all schools into…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour to launch childcare taskforce to ‘transform’ early years

Labour will launch a new childcare taskforce to “transform” early years education in England, Angela Rayner will announce this…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Labour plans grammar schools debate after issue tops poll of members

The Labour Party conference is to hold a special debate on grammar schools and consider whether to make scrapping…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Peter Lauener bags third chief executive job – despite concerns over EFA workload

The Education Funding Agency’s top boss has been announced as the shadow chief executive of a new independent body…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Academies Enterprise Trust relocates HQ to London so staff have better train access

The country’s largest academy chain is moving its headquarters to London because staff need better access to train stations….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Where did the paralympic gold medallists go to school?

Independent schools disproportionately represent Great Britain at elite level sport, but an analysis of this year’s Olympic and Paralympic…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Corbyn launches national campaign against grammar schools

The newly re-elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will launch a national campaign against plans to open new grammar schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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£70m government-funded careers company insists it has ‘achieved a lot’

The Careers and Enterprise Company will do more to support and train teachers, its chief executive has said after…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker