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Open super-selective schools to extend elite education into state sector, says former Gove adviser

A system of super-selective schools in English cities could extend “elite academic education” to the state sector, a former…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Another £5m up for grabs in northern schools ‘hub revolution’ – but only academy trusts can apply

Academy sponsors are being invited to bid for a slice of the remaining £5 million cash pot to improve…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Hundreds of pupils at Blackpool school skip first day over gun massacre threat

A Blackpool school which was the target of social media gun massacre threats has sought to reassure parents after three…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Nicky Morgan: Times tables tests for 11-year-olds will pilot in primary schools this summer

Computer-based multiplication tests for 11-year-olds will be trialled in schools later this year, Nicky Morgan has confirmed. The announcement…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Ofqual chief and academy trust heads among knights and dames in new year honours

Ofqual’s chief regulator Glenys Stacey and academy trust bosses Steve Lancashire and Susan Jowett have topped the list of those…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Inadequate school expansion plan sparks warning over cuts compromise

Plans to expand an inadequate school in order to achieve “value for money” give limited government capital funding has sparked…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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‘The Stories What Won It’ : Schools Week’s Top 4 Award-Worthy Stories in 2015

It was a cheery night when the Schools Week team took home a series of gongs from the CIPR…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Top 10 Most Popular Schools Week Opinion Columns in 2015

In a year when people started revolting against the opinion writer and calling for ‘safe spaces’, Schools Week continued bringing…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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In Case You Missed It: Top 10 Most Read Schools Week Stories in 2015

Secret documents, submarines, and teachers escaping to warmer climes all graced the Schools Week cover this year. But what were the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Studio school with 25 pupils to close as sponsor admits ‘lack of demand’

A studio school with just 25 pupils on its roll will close next year after its sponsor admitted a…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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When tech bites back: How hack attacks affect schools

Many schools are unsure of what to do when they discover unauthorised access to their computer systems – which…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Sandhill Multi Academy Trust to close after ‘misleading’ parents over SATs intervention

An academy trust which ‘misled’ parents over government intervention in SATs testing is to close and have its two…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford