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ICT teachers struggling with transition to computing

Teachers are struggling to deliver the computing curriculum, says the chief of the professional body chosen by the government…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Department for Education boss Chris Wormald to move to health job after four years in post

The Department for Education’s head civil servant Chris Wormald is to leave his role later this year after four years in…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Writing assessments for 11-year-olds brought forward to end of May

Primary school teachers must hand in their final assessments of year 6 pupils a month early, piling on the…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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School efficiency tool criticised as ‘dodgy’ metric

A new government tool allowing schools to compare their efficiency could be used to “beat schools around the head”,…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Government spends £3m in scramble to get 400 ‘master’ computing teachers

Ministers are unlikely to fulfil a pledge to provide 400 master teachers to lead the computing curriculum revolution for…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Government withholds report on financial viability of infant free schools meals

The government is suppressing the publication of a report on the financial viability of providing free school meals to…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Rising class sizes are increasing pressures on teachers, unions warn

Increasing numbers of large classes will put more pressure on teachers and schools, teaching unions have warned. The Association…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Councils need power to force higher pupil intakes at academies, says LGA

Councils should be able to force academies to expand their intake to meet local school place need, the Local…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Plans for Britain’s first LGBT school shelved due to ‘lack of space’

Plans for a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) school have been shelved after a feasibility study found there…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Ofsted clamps down on schools advertising ‘mocksted’ results

Schools caught telling parents they have been rated as “outstanding” in external reviews face a ticking off from the…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Most parents ambivalent and uninformed about academy status

Almost three quarters of parents would be happy to send their child to an academy, despite the fact almost…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Schools must teach ‘extrovert’ traits – or social mobility will suffer

Schools are being urged to teach skills linked to the ‘extraversion’ personality trait so that disadvantaged children are not…

John Dickens
John Dickens