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Early GCSE schools must teach ‘unaccredited content’

Schools that begin teaching pupils their GCSEs in year 9, as part of a three-year course, are faced with…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Head pleads with DfE to change its mind on legacy GCSEs

The government’s decision not to count 17 “legacy” GCSEs in the 2018 performance tables will have a potentially catastrophic…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Over-50s are fleeing from the classroom

More than 10,000 teachers in their fifties have dropped out of the classroom in the past four years amid…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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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…

Billy Camden
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…

Billy Camden
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…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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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…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott