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Only two teaching schools are in poorest areas

One of the coalition’s major engines to improve teacher training retention will not help many of the schools most…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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School productivity will be ‘key report’ for new education select committee

A report on school productivity will be a priority for the education select committee, says its new chair Neil…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Army recruiter considers appeal to access pupil data

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) sought to appeal a rejected information request made with the intent of accessing sensitive…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Lancashire primary school wins approval for punishment-free policy

A Lancashire primary school has won many admirers for its sanction-free approach to pupil learning . . . and…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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At last: Nicky Morgan’s definition (almost) of what is a coasting school

Schools will be defined as coasting based on performance over three years, and on their pupils’ progress, not simply…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Schools builder wins contract to refurbish new DfE offices

A construction company that lost its preferred contractor status for five London schools after failing to agree costs is…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Teachers offer internships to help their own kids get ahead

Teachers are offering work placements in their schools on a new website that lets parents swap internships for their…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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One in three disadvantaged schools struggling to recruit

More than a third of schools across the poorest regions are having to cover posts in science and maths…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Local authority starts consultation to merge schools amid academy fears

A local authority is proposing to merge two schools in what appears to be an attempt to stop one…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Schools switching to academies causes rise in uniform cost for parents

Parents have faced extra costs of new uniforms as schools convert to academies and an increasing number of schools…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Park View Academy remains in special measures a year after Trojan Horse investigation

The head of the trust responsible for one of the schools in the “Trojan Horse” inspections in Birmingham says…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Oasis academy trust criticised by Ofsted in first ‘focused’ inspection

A multi-academy trust (MAT) has been criticised by Ofsted for its “legacy of weak challenge” in the first published…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott