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Talented Leaders operator kept in dark about National Teacher Service plans

Plans to create a national teacher service to help under-performing schools struggling with recruitment have not been discussed with…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Government to review exams for 7-year-olds to establish ‘firm basis’ for calculating progress

The government will use a review of testing for 7-year-olds to make it easier to calculate progress to key stage…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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What do we know about the 5 academy chains set for £5m windfall to improve northern schools?

Five academy sponsors will be handed grants totalling nearly £5m to “drive up standards” in schools across the north of…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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90 per cent EBacc enrolment pledge not a climb-down, government claims

The government’s new pledge that 90 per cent of pupils will study the full slate of EBacc subjects is…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Primary school tests ‘review’ – what we know so far

Education secretary Nicky Morgan has a big speech planned for tomorrow. Testing at primary level is definitely on the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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London schools at risk of losing academic success, charity warns

Waning recruitment figures and local authority oversight are putting the gains made in London schools at risk, an education…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott


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Kent school that bought every pupil an iPad cautioned for “unacceptably low” standards

A school in Kent that spent £125,000 on iPads for all its pupils has been issued with a ‘pre-warning…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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One school every two weeks gets government go-ahead to sell off land or playing fields

An application to sell off school playing fields or land is being approved on average once every two weeks,…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Housing minister: We will ensure government’s 500 new free schools are delivered on time

The housing minister has said he is committed to ensuring new free schools get planning permission amid the government’s…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Full STEAM ahead to give art equal footing with science and maths

With slightly ruffled hair, bleary eyes and a stomach most probably full with coffee, a group of 40 teachers,…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Department for Education ‘unable to find’ independent reports on Kids Company

The Department for Education (DfE) “lost” independent reports assessing the performance of collapsed charity Kids Company, the National Audit…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Complaint about ‘misleading’ £65k salary claim in teacher recruitment advert received, watchdog confirms

A ‘misleading’ claim that teachers can earn up to £65,000 a year in a government recruitment advert has prompted a complaint…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford