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Education committee chair Neil Carmichael brands lack of home education register a “scandal”

The Conservative chairman of the education select committee has today said he finds it “amazing” that parents who home…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Inadequate free school facing forced takeover

An inadequate free school is facing a forced takeover by a new sponsor in a bid by the Department…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Conservative conference: Nicky Morgan union clash over ‘negative picture’ of teaching

Nicky Morgan has clashed with trade unionists at the Conservative Party conference as she accused them of painting a…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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England has ‘highest expulsion rate in Europe’

England’s expulsion rate is “out of control” because getting rid of struggling pupils is “in the interests of schools”,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Heads need support of local authorities to clamp down on school place fraud

Scores of local education authorities did not record data or had no investigation policy for tackling admission fraud, despite…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Phonics check uncovers failing disadvantaged pupils

Disadvantaged pupils in wealthy local authorities are not catching up to the reading abilities of their peers, show the…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Gender imbalance in top jobs spawns conference

An inaugural conference looking at boosting the number of women in leadership positions in education will be held in…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Vicky Beer CBE named as the new regional schools commissioner for Lancashire and West Yorkshire

The principal who led the formative years of the Teaching School Council has today been announced as the new…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Full list: members of Workload Challenge working groups announced

The Department for Education (DfE) has released the names of the 41 people who will make up three working…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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New schools given extra respite from Ofsted inspections

New schools have been granted additional breathing space from Ofsted after the education watchdog announced today it will put…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Academic hits out at free school ‘entrepreneurs’

An academic hit out at entrepreneurs “without a great deal of experience” opening free schools as opposed to the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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TeachFirst changes advertising after ‘nudge unit’ shows teachers prefer a challenge

Education charity Teach First has adapted its advertising techniques after a report discovered applicants were more likely to respond…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips