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More than 30 academies ask permission to employ unqualified teachers

More than 30 academies have been given approval to employ unqualified teachers, despite opening before restrictions were lifted. Free…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Skills Show organisers Find a Future appoint new chief executive

Skills Show organisers Find a Future has appointed Dr Neil Bentley as its new chief executive, it has been…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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New shadow education frontbench team unveiled

Labour has unveiled its full shadow education frontbench team, including some familiar faces. Here’s the low-down on them all….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Examiners are more generous during re-marks, study finds

Examiners are more generous when they re-mark GCSE and A-level papers immediately after the summer results, a talk by…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Schools stretch rules by pressuring parents into making donations

A leading secondary school that asked parents for cash earlier this year appears to have again stretched the rules…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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School food plan campaign group urged heads to sign infant free meals letter

A letter published in a national newspaper calling for the government to continue funding free school meals for infants…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Eye tests in special schools are a must, says sight loss charity

Special educational needs teachers have welcomed calls from a national disability charity for the introduction of free eye tests…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Delays over Khalsa free school legal battle leave founders in limbo

A delayed landmark decision has left a free school in limbo over its future. Khalsa Secondary Academy opened in…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Free school rated inadequate after pupils locked in class

A free school supported by former education minister Liz Truss has been rated inadequate after being criticised for locking…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Creative writing and food-technology A level at risk of chop

More than 5,000 people have signed petitions against government plans to cull two A-level subjects. A consultation into the…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Lucy Powell: This education bill will reverse support for heads

The government’s changes to education legislation are based on “narrow political tactics” that could have “serious unintended consequences”, Lucy…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Let universities write school curriculum, says academic E.D. Hirsch

An American academic who influenced the curriculum thinking of schools minister Nick Gibb and former education secretary Michael Gove…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott