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‘Hysterical’ headteachers regard students as ‘mobile revenue units’, studio schools boss claims

Schools are ‘hysterically’ regarding students as mobile revenue units when new institutions open nearby, the head of the Studio…

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Teacher shortage fuels schools’ £733m supply agencies payout, union claims

Schools paid out more than £700 million to supply teacher agencies last year to fill the gap caused by…

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John Dickens
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Real teachers, lots of science and a touch of Taylor Mali in government’s new recruitment advert

The Department for Education is hoping a new TV advert will help with teacher recruitment. The advert, released today online…

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Broadband provider apologises after putting ‘unnecessary pressure’ on schools to renew deals

A trust which provides ICT services in schools has apologised for putting “unnecessary pressure” on teachers to renew broadband…

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John Dickens
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Groups of schools can bid for share of £5m funding, Careers and Enterprise Company confirms

Groups of schools and academy trusts can bid for funding to improve careers advice in their areas, the government’s new…

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Nick Linford
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Children slowed down by ‘insufficient’ spelling, punctuation and grammar at secondary school, Wilshaw claims

Insufficient development of spelling, punctuation and grammar teaching is “slowing down” children when they get to secondary school, Sir…

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Nick Linford


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Term-time holidays could make pupils miss long division, warns minister

More flexibility on term-time holidays could result in pupils missing lessons on long division or Newton’s Third Law, Nick…

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Nick Linford
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Four things we learned from education questions

Nicky Morgan and her ministerial team just faced questions in the House of Commons. Here’s what we learned from…

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Nick Linford
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Physics A-level gender divide will take at least a century to close, academics warn

The gender divide in A-level physics will take another 100 years to close unless urgent action is taken, leading…

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John Dickens
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Schools ignoring official advice on uniforms

Schools are still insisting parents buy uniforms from exclusively appointed suppliers, despite government advice and a letter from the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Secrets of the best GCSE improvers in 2015

Collaboration, collaboration, collaboration. This is the message from local authorities in which GCSE results improved this summer. Last year,…

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Nick Linford
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Psychologist warns teachers not to use ‘bullycide’ videos

Stories about suicide should not be used in school anti-bullying campaigns because they risk giving a message to children…

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Nick Linford