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SPEED-READ: Our 6-point guide to the National Funding Formula consultation

Education secretary Nicky Morgan has launched the first of two consultations that will shape an “historic” national funding formula….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Schools urged to publish salary gap to wipe out gender bias

Schools are being urged to pledge to eradicate gender bias and support more women into headship – including by…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Value for money of teacher training schemes questioned by MPs

Concerns about the value for money of government initiatives to recruit teachers have been aired by MPs. The Public…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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UTCs should be in multi-academy trusts to make them ‘stronger’, minister Nick Boles claims

University Technical Colleges (UTCs) should function as part of multi-academy trusts to make them “stronger”, education minister Nick Boles…

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Nick Linford
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300 schools sit national reference tests

More than 14,000 year 11 pupils will sit pilot tests for the national reference tests (NRTs) from Monday. Ofqual…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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DfE fails to clawback cash from academy chains with zero schools

Only a handful of the academy trusts paid at least £850,000 to take over new schools paid back any…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Nicky Morgan launches consultation on national fair funding formula for schools

School funding will be delivered via a national funding formula from 2017, the terms of which will be established…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Nicky Morgan to launch ‘flexible jobs website’ for women teachers

A leadership coaching scheme which will see women in schools encouraged to mentor others and a website to promote…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Huge sixth form classes will affect A level results, heads warn

A “significant funding dip” is forcing schools to increase sixth form class sizes, with one school reporting 38 pupils…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Government ‘exploring’ national teacher vacancies website plan

The government is considering setting up a national teacher vacancies website in response to complaints by schools over the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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School demands detailed holiday plans from parents to tackle extremism and radicalisation

A head whose school demands detailed holiday plans from parents requesting term-time leave has spoken of the need to…

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Nick Linford
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Teaching Leaders programme to double in size

The government is more than doubling its support for a social enterprise offering professional development to middle leaders in…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips