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GCSE marking concerns lead to schools spending thousands on external coursework re-graders

Schools have spent thousands of pounds hiring external moderators to reassess coursework grades amid concerns they have been wrongly…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Inadequate Grindon Hall free school pushed into Bright Tribe takeover

A free school rated inadequate and is subject to a forced takeover after intervention from the local regional schools…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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‘We’re asked if we’re going to have babies’, claim women teachers

Women teachers say they are often asked questions about their future maternity plans when they apply for jobs, conference…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Hayfield School in Doncaster closes sixth form telling pupils a free school will open in its place

A Doncaster school is closing its sixth form as a new free school college prepares to open on the…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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‘Urgent steps’ needed to ensure £6bn pupil premium is closing attainment gap, says Public Accounts Committee

The government needs to do more to ensure its pupil premium funding is closing the attainment gap, according to…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Primaries flounder as three in four receive no support on assessment from local authorities

What help are local authorities giving to primary schools as they face life after levels? Schools Week contacted every…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Nicky Morgan pushes for teachers to receive bonuses in future pay deal

Schools could be allowed to offer teachers bonuses and the chance to drop down pay scales as part of…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Schools won’t be forced to provide wraparound childcare themselves under Morgan’s plans

Schools won’t be forced to provide wraparound childcare themselves and can turn down “unreasonable” requests from parents under new…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Prime Minister’s speech: Cameron announces Madrassa and Sunday school inspection requirement

Madrassas, Sunday schools, Yeshivas and other religious institutions which teach children “intensively” will have to register and be inspected,…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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The story behind Nicky Morgan’s “one in three pupils” statistic

Education secretary Nicky Morgan opened her speech at the Conservative party conference today with this statistic: NiMo: Imagine a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Nicky Morgan: Parents get ‘right to request’ schools open for full working day

Schools will be “expected” to accommodate requests for childcare “for a full working day” and in the school holidays…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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David Cameron’s truancy plans will put a ‘wedge’ between schools and families

Docking child benefits to people who refuse to pay a penalty after their children play truant will only “drive…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden