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Trinity free school: How many pupils do they have now?

After revealing last year that a new free school in south London had opened with only 17 pupils, Schools…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Lucy Powell: 10 facts about the new shadow education secretary

Lucy Powell has been confirmed as the new shadow education secretary.   Here’s what we know so far:  …

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Nick Linford
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Members of new behaviour expert group revealed: the full list

Schools minister Nick Gibb has today announced a team of behaviour experts to assist a review of how teachers are trained…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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IQ may mean achievement gap can never close

An academic researcher has suggested that academic achievement “gaps” between different groups of pupils cannot be closed as differences in…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Religious free schools lose out in latest application round

Fewer religious free schools are being approved by the Department for Education (DfE), shows an analysis of the latest…

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Nicky Phillips
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Let’s replace levels with questions, says top academy advisor

Don’t replace levels with re-hashed levels is the advice given to teachers by Ark’s head of education research, Daisy…

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Nicky Phillips


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Jeremy Corbyn Labour leader: What does this mean for schools?

Jeremy Corbyn has been elected leader of the Labour Party after a landslide victory this morning. But what does this…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Southern free schools dominate new list

Nick Timothy, director of the free school group New Schools Network, this week said the north needed more free…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Gove former advisor urges government to scrap PGCE fees

A former adviser to Michael Gove has urged the government to scrap tuition fees for trainee teachers and to…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Summer-born admissions change raises questions about post-16 costs

Plans announced this week to allow summer-born children to enter reception classes after their fifth birthday have been warmly…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Teaching assistant standards still delayed after six months

A review into the role of teaching assistants has been delayed by more than six months, with no date…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Zero-hours contracts increase in education sector

Nearly one in four businesses in the education sector employ staff on contracts without a minimum number of hours,…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips