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Sport Pupil Premium pushes out volunteers in favour of qualified coaches

Extra funding for sports in primary schools has been extended to 2020, but could mean the end of volunteers…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Children ‘most worried’ as they finish primary school, research finds

Children are at their “peak” worrying age at just 10 years old, new research suggests. According to an article…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Nicky Morgan pledges support for flood-hit schools following Carlisle visit

Government officials will “work closely” with schools hit by flooding, Nicky Morgan said after visiting storm-hit buildings in Cumbria….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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New commission to investigate inequality in schools

A new commission will be launched today to examine the cause and effects of inequality in schools. The Social…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Legal challenge to Kent grammar ‘expansion’ dropped after information ‘held back’

Two separate groups opposing the government’s decision to allow a Kent grammar school to “expand” have announced today they…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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DfE changes ‘pervasive’ accounting after audit office criticism

Department for Education plans for getting its accounts in order after stinging criticism from the government’s audit watchdog have…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Primary leader creates tables to navigate complicated post-levels assessment

A primary school senior leader has put together a table highlighting the complicated system planned for assessing children whose…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Religious studies: Humanism vs Christianity, What should schools teach?

A High Court judgment in November has caused confusion over the new religious studies (RS) GCSE. Over the Christmas break,…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Ministers refuse to back down on decision to scrap ICT as petition passes 10,000

A petition calling on education ministers to rethink scrapping GCSE and A-level ICT has fallen on deaf ears after…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Society magazine Tatler snubs northern schools (again)

Northern schools have once again been ignored in a society magazine’s list of “best state schools”. Since 2014, Tatler…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Ofsted inspections of special schools drops by 85%

There has been a dramatic drop in the number of special schools inspected by Ofsted this academic year. Last…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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MPs band together to call for Nicky Morgan to make PSHE statutory – as government misses response deadline

The chairs of four parliamentary committees have urged the government to make personal, social and health education (PSHE) and…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott