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Spending Review reveals government goal of “ending local authorities’ role in running schools”

In today’s Spending Review, chancellor George Osborne made the strongest statement yet that the government wants to see the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Comprehensive Spending Review 2015: Sixth form academies, UIFSM protection, & goodbye Education Services Grant

Chancellor George Osborne is delivering his autumn statement and the outcome of the comprehensive spending review in the House…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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High Court rules against Nicky Morgan in religious GCSE row

A government claim which suggests schools can meet their legal duty to provide religious education with the content of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Data Demands: Are management information systems a help or a hindrance?

Management information systems (MIS) were introduced in the 1980s to save teachers time. But as the government demands to…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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What is George Osborne’s comprehensive spending review, and what could it mean for schools?

Chancellor George Osborne will tomorrow reveal the outcome of the latest comprehensive spending review. But what is it, and…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Series of failings uncovered at religious independent schools after Ofsted steps in

Nearly four in five religious independent schools formerly inspected by the discredited Bridge Schools Inspectorate (BSI) have been rated…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Universities told to stop recruiting PE teacher trainees – and abandon interviews already offered to applicants

Universities have already been told to stop recruiting trainee PE teachers for next year after reaching a newly-imposed cap…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Teacher Banning Orders: Who, Why, and How Many?

Social media: 17 teachers banned for relationships with pupils More teachers than ever before have been banned for engaging…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Top universities ‘rank’ pupils based on attendance at open day

Top universities are telling school pupils that they must attend extra open days or risk lessening their chance of…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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North east heads air exam marking quality grievances with Ofqual

Worries about oversight of exam marking were aired when Ofqual’s chair faced headteachers from across the north east today….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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60 free schools ‘must be found’ for every area

Regional schools commissioners have been told to grant more than 60 new free schools each as the Department for…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Teen arrested after two 15-year-old boys stabbed

A teenager is in a critical condition in hospital after a stabbing at a school in London. The Metropolitan…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott