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Demand for ‘family purity’ removed from Jewish school’s admissions rules

A Jewish secondary school in north London has been ordered to change its admission requirements after complaints that parents…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Lucy Powell demands publication of government grammar school advice

Shadow education secretary Lucy Powell has demanded the publication of advice received by Nicky Morgan ahead of her decision…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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GCSEs 2015: Local Authority Analysis – Who did well? (And who did badly?)

The Department for Education today released provisional results for this summer’s GCSE results. It is the first time the…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Nicky Morgan: New grammar school decision is not a U-turn on Conservative’s selective schools policy

Education secretary Nicky Morgan has defended claims her party has made a U-turn on its stance on selective schools…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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New grammar school set to be given go ahead by Nicky Morgan

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is set to approve the country’s first “new” grammar school in fifty years today –…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Mental health commission for schools in North East will tackle ‘pressing concerns’

Plans for a commission designed to tackle mental health issues affecting schoolchildren across the North East have been announced…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Heads can decide if pupils will sit national reference tests, Ofqual confirms

Headteachers will get the final say on which pupils sit new national reference tests and schools will get two…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Councils publish ‘unfinished’ local offers for children with SEND

Many local authorities appear to be publishing inadequate information on provision for children with special educational needs (SEND) including…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Schools and businesses favour return of compulsory work experience, survey finds

School leaders and businesses have joined voices today to urge the Government to bring back compulsory work experience for…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Tauheedul Education Trust set to takeover non-faith schools in Blackpool and Bradford

An academy trust that runs ten Muslim faith-based schools is set to take over three non-faith community secondaries in…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Academy head recruits maths teacher from Brooklyn amid concerns that new GCSEs are “too hard”

The head of a north London academy said he was forced to hire a maths teacher from America and…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Ofsted consults on plans for SEND local area reviews

Ofsted will join up with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to evaluate how well children and young people with…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott