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Summer exams will clash with Ramadan for next four years, exams chief warns

Summer exams in schools and colleges will be affected by the timing of Ramadan for the next four years,…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Primary free school delay increases places pressure

A Kent primary school has become the first of next year’s free school cohort to be delayed over site…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Children’s Commissioner: Exams could be delayed by Ramadan

Exams could be delayed to fit around the Ramadan period this year, children’s commissioner Anne Longfield has said. Ms…

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Nick Linford
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Government scraps ‘prescriptive’ home school agreements in bid to cut ‘red tape’

Schools no longer have to draw up blueprints for pupil and parental engagement after the government scrapped a requirement…

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Nick Linford
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Social media gaffe reveals low College of Teaching donations

The proposed College of Teaching came under fire today after a social media intern told donors their money would…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Department for Education must release academy sponsor takeover fees after scathing court ruling

The Department for Education (DfE) has been ordered to reveal how much it paid new academy sponsors to takeover…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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‘Trojan Horse’ headteacher banned from the classroom

The acting principal of a primary school at the centre of the Trojan Horse allegations has been banned from…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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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…

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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