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Academies to be brought under ‘coasting schools’ legislation

Academies will be brought under new “coasting schools” legislation, the government has announced. Prime minister David Cameron has confirmed…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Religion should have the same importance as English and maths, new study claims

Teachers need to be as clued up on religion as they are on English and maths, a major new…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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First fleet of university teacher training schools …. don’t have any trainees (yet)

The first two university-run schools set up to train teachers alongside fully-qualified staff have opened this summer without any…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Male primary teachers are pushed into stereotypical leadership roles – can you guess which ones?

Talented male primary school teachers are being devalued because they get pigeon-holed into running sports classes or looking after…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Wey Education plans float on stock exchange after purchasing virtual high school

The education group behind one of the UK’s largest virtual fee-paying secondary schools and who advised on a failed…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Accountability measures for secondary schools are ‘flawed and dangerous’, new analysis suggests

Secondary school’s published performance measures will this year be “very flawed and quite dangerous” due to a series of…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Labour MP Clive Lewis ‘misled Parliament’ over Hewett school uniform, Inspiration Trust claims

The Labour MP Clive Lewis has been accused of misleading Parliament over claims Norwich’s Hewett Academy forced parents to…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Ofsted plans survey of future leaders due to large numbers of vacancies

Ofsted is planning to investigate a worrying shortage of future leaders in secondary schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw has announced….

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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School trips and fancy dress days ‘stigmatise’ poorer pupils

Fancy dress days and school trips can stigmatise poorer pupils, charity Children North East (CNE) found as part of…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Toxic PFI legacy is pushing schools towards financial ruin

Cash-strapped schools are being pushed into financial ruin by soaring debts owed to the private firms that funded their…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Sir Michael Wilshaw writes to George Osborne: ‘Don’t focus on cities – small towns need the most help’

Sir Michael Wilshaw is so worried about schools in towns in the north and the Midlands that he plans…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Free school applicants no longer need to prove ‘demand’ for places

The Department for Education has ditched a requirement for free school applicants to prove they have interest from parents….

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips