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Grammar petition launched as Labour works with Conservative rebels

Opposition to Theresa May’s planned grammar schools is already growing, with a petition already gathering signatures as Conservative MPs…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Imposter students are sitting 11-plus entrance exams

Imposters are taking the 11-plus entrance exam to get children into competitive grammar schools, claims a former headteacher. The…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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£50 million a year to expand good grammar schools

The government will spend £50 million a year on the expansion of existing grammar schools, Theresa May has announced….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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May: New grammar schools will help create ‘true meritocracy’

An “ambitious package of education reforms” including new grammar schools and measures to force top universities to sponsor schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust failed to declare payments to co-founder’s family

A crisis-hit academy chain failed to declare payments to close family members of its co-founder, including the cost of…

Ann McGauran
Ann McGauran
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First step of teaching apprenticeships signed off

A group of schools hoping to create a fully vocational pathway to qualified teacher status (QTS) has passed its…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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Ofsted and Ofqual seek top calibre candidates for chair position

Ofsted and Ofqual have begun their quests to fill empty chairmanships as both face unsteady times as new chief…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Grammar school green paper expected from May

A green paper setting out plans for the expansion of grammar schools – both new and existing ones –…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Teach First ditches PGCE for new diploma

Teach First is to replace its current programme with a two-year postgraduate diploma (PGDE), giving its paid participants two…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Grammar schools expand even without new schools

Grammar schools have been increasing their intake for years even without the government legally lifting the ban on them…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Grammars taking poorer pupils could face higher teacher turnover

Grammar schools attempting to show they can reform by taking more pupils from low income families could be “put…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teacher training courses half empty as term approaches

The low number of trainees starting initial teacher training courses this year is “very concerning”, according to experts –…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg