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Gibb ‘unapologetic’ about primary reforms

Nick Gibb has promised not to publish late teacher assessment materials in the future but has said he is…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Sir Michael Wilshaw: Teachers leaving for classrooms abroad is “brain drain” on talent

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has called for urgent action to plug the flood of teachers leaving the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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RSCs urged to step in on poor provision for special needs

Regional schools commissioners are being called on to take responsibility for rooting out schools providing poor special educational needs…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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EEF: Use teaching assistants for small groups, not as ‘substitute teachers’

Schools should be using teaching assistants to improve results of small groups instead of “as substitute teachers for low-attaining…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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‘Troubling’ variation in state and private school grades needs investigation, say subject experts

New figures have revealed a “troubling” difference in subject attainment between independent and state school pupils – with fee-paying…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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EXCLUSIVE: Baseline assessments could be scrapped over comparability concerns

A multi-million pound policy piloted in thousands of primary schools this year could be scrapped over concerns regarding its…

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Nicky Phillips


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Recruitment agency slammed for ‘Teach First only’ job advert

A teacher recruitment agency has posted a “potentially discriminatory” job advert asking for Teach First only applicants. The ad,…

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Nicky Phillips
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Education and adoption bill: 200 schools face immediate intervention

Failing schools will face immediate intervention once the government’s education and adoption bill becomes law in April, and Schools…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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CfBT Schools Trust to pull sponsorship from three failing schools so local trusts can take over

An academy chain will pull out of three schools after failing to drive “rapid enough” improvement – allowing trusts…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Education bill 2016: Its 14 clauses and what they mean for schools and academies

The education and adoption bill passed its final stage in Parliament last night. Here is what each clause of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Search for new Ofsted boss launched with £180k salary offer

The search to find the next head of Ofsted has begun, with a potential £180,000 salary for whoever succeeds…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College of Teaching: Crowdfunding bid to release teachers to develop membership model fails

Plans to pay schools to release teachers to help develop the new College of Teaching have been abandoned after a…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford