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Charity steps in to provide school uniforms

A charity is planning to buy school uniforms for 55,000 children after Manchester City Council’s grant for school uniforms…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Gibb denies ‘hierarchy’ of schools

Schools minister Nick Gibb has finally acknowledged good schools across the maintained sector in England, even name-checking some of…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Education select committee: Who’s who

New members of the Education Select Committee were recommended to the House of Commons on Monday. The eleven will…

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Billy Camden
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Who bankrolled the education select committee members?

Two donations from key figures linked to schools have been registered by one of the new MPs on the…

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Billy Camden
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RSC ignores 92% of people and changes school

A regional schools commissioner has given the green light for an academy in Redditch to convert to a two-tier…

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Billy Camden
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Philosophy sessions improve pupil learning

Philosophy sessions for pupils as young as 9 and 10 can improve progress in maths and reading, especially for…

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Recruitment agencies ‘hoover up’ and sell back new teachers

“Predatory” recruitment agencies have been blamed for fuelling a teacher recruitment crisis by “hoovering up” job seekers to offer…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Tristram Hunt wants to reignite James Callaghan’s Great Debate over national baccalaureate qualification

Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has called for a “Great Debate” to discuss the future of education in England….

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Nick Gibb confirms academies could have to change sponsor if found to be “coasting”

Academies could be forced to change their sponsor if they are found to be “coasting”, schools minister Nick Gibb has said…

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Sophie Scott
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Ofsted finds “too few” schools have improved under Collaborative Academies Trust in second focused inspection

Another academy trust has been criticised for underperformance by Ofsted in the education watchdog’s second focused inspection of an…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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BBC defend decision to send pocket-sized computers to every year 7 pupil

The head of BBC Learning has defended the decision to send around a million pocket-sized computers to pupils in…

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Billy Camden
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Cadet units in state schools to increase five-fold with £50 million budget boost

The number of cadet units in state schools is to increase five-fold by 2020, George Osborne announced in the…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott