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Teacher recruitment video released by LKMco and Pearson

Education think tank LKMco and exam board Pearson have teamed up to produce a video aimed at boosting teacher…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE appoints experts to buy ‘best value’ free school sites

Four specialists have been appointed by the Department for Education (DfE) to buy sites for future free schools –…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Cuts to mental health services mean schools do more in-house

Self-harm, exam stress, insomnia, and eating disorders are the main problems affecting young people today, professionals say. This week…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Schools hit by storm Desmond and Eva will not get automatic exemption, says JCQ

Schools whose pupils have had coursework and classrooms ruined by flooding will not automatically be granted deadline extensions or…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Theresa May pushes troubled children free schools plan

Police and crime commissioners (PCCs) should support and open alternative provision free schools, Theresa May has said. The home…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Free schools: parents pushed out as multi-academy trusts move in

The government’s latest announcement of approved free schools continues the trend away from parent-led schemes, with multi-academy trusts the…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Support staff working extra hours for no extra pay, union warns

Two thirds of teaching assistants and support staff are working up to six additional hours each week to cover…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Warning notices: are local authorities acting on struggling schools?

Only 34 local authorities – or one in five – are issuing warning notices to the underperforming schools they…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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DfE refuses to publish register of interests online

The Department for Education (DfE) still refuses to publish the register of interests for its own directors online, despite…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Firm that pulled out of failing academy now working with RSCs

A private firm handed a government contract to judge the quality of struggling schools pulled out of running an…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Baseline tests ‘potentially damaging’ says ATL and NUT survey

New baseline assessment tests for reception pupils have been labelled “inaccurate, invalid and unreliable” – with teachers claiming they…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Baseline providers hit back at unions over disadvantage claims

The three providers of the baseline reception tests have hit back at claims that their assessments are not credible…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips