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Ethnic minority students do better in sponsored academies

Black and Chinese pupils at sponsored academies were hit less hard by a dip in GCSE pass rates last…

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NAO report says universal credit change likely to affect pupil premium

A move in 2016 to the new universal credit system for unifying benefits may make it more difficult to…

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GCSE science ‘clangers’ get through to final document

The final version of the new GCSE combined science subject content published this week still has mistakes highlighted by…

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Delayed free schools eat up nearly £12m

More than 50 free schools have postponed opening in the past two years amid concerns that some would not…

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Morgan’s husband sits on three governing bodies

The education secretary reassured governors that she knows how important they are – revealing that it’s something her husband…

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Regional breakdown of coasting schools: Will RSCs be able to cope?

A fifth of secondary schools in two regional school commissioner (RSC) areas would be classed as coasting under current…

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Power over ‘coasting’ schools is not a conflict of interest, says RSC

A regional schools commissioner (RSC) has brushed aside any possible conflict of interest after being given new powers to…

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Art staff ‘filled with dread’ at teaching outside specialism

Art teachers are experiencing “fear and panic” as they are forced to teach subjects in secondary schools that they…

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Phonics check finds little improvement in literary performance

The government’s view that the systematic teaching of phonics is crucial to reading success has been dealt a blow…

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Morgan looks again at axing requirements for parent and staff governors

The national body for governors has questioned plans announced this week by the education secretary to look into axing…

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School changes pupils’ GCSEs mid-course and blames Progress 8 compliance

Work experience cut and pupils’ GCSEs changed mid-course to be league table ‘compliant’ A Cambridgeshire school has cancelled a…

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Secondary moderns hit hard by coasting school definition

Secondary schools in areas where the brightest pupils are selected for grammar schools will be more likely to be…

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