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The 8 per cent school budget cut: what is it?

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned that school per-pupil funding could fall by 8 per cent by…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Grammar expansion plans in at least 10 new areas

Comprehensive school systems are under threat as councils consider grammar expansion proposals – with some schools considering placing annexes outside their boroughs. Nicky…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Regional schools commissioners need national guidelines, MPs told

A lack of “shared practice” for regional schools commissioners (RSCs) is leading to “inconsistencies” in the ways they are…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Coasting school definition out for consultation

The government has today launched a consultation on the proposed definition of “coasting” schools. The Education and Adoption Bill,…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

Is mutant flu increasing pupil absence rates? (Plus 4 other curiosities from the absence data)

Pupil absence increased slightly last year with rises in pupil illness to blame, according to official government statistics. Figures…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Institute of Physics recommends ‘gender champions’ to break down stereotypes in schools

Schools should appoint “gender champions” in the senior leadership team to tackle gender stereotyping, new guidance released today claims….

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott


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Teacher recruitment crisis can be averted using Skype and unqualified teachers

Sir Andrew Carter, leader of the government’s teacher training review, has said schools can help avoid a recruitment “crisis”…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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British values linked to security threat, Muslim educator warns

The teaching of British values in schools is now so linked to security concerns any discussions surrounding it are…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News, Politics

Pearson Teaching Awards honours the country’s top educators

The country’s most outstanding teachers were given the red carpet treatment as they celebrated winning a Pearson Teaching Award…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Life skills squeezed out of curriculum by academic subjects

The pressure on academic subjects is pushing life skills out of timetables – and organisations trying to support schools…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Academy chain offers extra £5k to ‘core’ subject teachers

Core subject teachers are being offered a £5,000 cash incentive in a bid to lure them to work for…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Teacher training providers must check UCAS website daily or face financial penalties

New teacher recruitment rules that will pit providers against each other in a race to fill places have been…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips