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Morgan leads the Tory charge back into power

Conservative education ministers all held their seats last week after the party stormed into Westminster. Education secretary Nicky Morgan…

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Nicky Phillips
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Ministerial line-up ensures manifesto will be ‘implemented in full’

The top team at the Department for Education emerged from David Cameron’s reshuffle relatively unscathed, signalling a continued commitment…

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Nicky Phillips
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The £1m free school (now shut)

The failed Durham Free School cost the taxpayer almost £1 million, a Freedom of Information request has shown. The…

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Nicky Phillips
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Scratch and mix: it’s a new music GCSE

Students can show what they know about “scratching” and “turntableism” as one exam board embraces DJ-ing skills as an…

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Nicky Phillips
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Hunt keeps his shadow cabinet post

A mini reshuffle of Labour’s shadow team following the party’s election defeat has not affected its education line-up. Acting…

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Nicky Phillips
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SATs nerves stop children eating

The National Association for Primary Education is calling on the government for better ways of measuring primary school performance…

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Nicky Phillips


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We can predict your Ofsted grade, say data experts

A new programme claims to predict the grade a school would score in an Ofsted inspection . . ….

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Nicky Phillips
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Your guide to how SEN funding is calculated and allocated

The new funding structure for pupils with SEN in mainstream schools is now in place. How does it work? How,…

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Nicky Phillips
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Councils with ‘failing schools’ held by Labour

– Four of five councils labelled “ineffective” by Ofsted remain under Labour control – Anti-academy campaigners suggest system of…

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Nicky Phillips
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Fund set up to improve learning for English as additional language pupils

A two million pound fund has been set up to find the best way of improving learning for pupils…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Convicted criminals want to work in schools, records show

Murderers, paedophiles and heroin dealers are among thousands of convicted criminals who have applied to work in classrooms across…

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Nicky Phillips
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Updated Ofqual list: GCSEs and A-levels that will begin in 2017

Ofqual has today released an update for which qualifications will be reformed from September 2017. The qualifications regulator released an initial…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott