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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…

Billy Camden
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
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Cadet units in state schools: George Osborne announces £50m boost

George Osborne has announced a £50 million drive to increase cadet units in state schools in today’s Summer Budget….

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Graduate routes into teaching are too confusing, claims MP

Graduates face too many confusing routes into teaching and would benefit from a central “one-stop shop” for advice and…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England and Wales from September 2015

Nicky Morgan has written to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) confirming her acceptance of the recommended pay terms…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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Segregation declining slowly in schools, claims Demos report

Ethnic minority children are “substantially” more likely than white children to attend schools where ethnic minorities are in the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Accountability measures lead to ‘unprecedented levels’ of stress among pupils

The government’s focus on accountability is increasing anxiety among pupils and contributing to “disaffection and poor behaviour”, a National…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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E-ACT financial notice to improve lifted after more than two years

The government has lifted a financial notice to improve placed on the beleaguered E-ACT Academy Trust more than two…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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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…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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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…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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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…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips