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Verdict: What does a Conservative government mean for education?

  As the dust settles on the outcome of the general election, education professionals now face the question as…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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General Election 2015: “The challenges of the Conservative education plan should not be underestimated”

The Conservatives will control the Department for Education, after today’s outcome of the general election which saw the party gain…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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General Election 2015: “A threatened teacher recruitment and retention crisis will become a reality”

The Conservatives will control the Department for Education, after today’s outcome of the general election which saw the party gain…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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General Election 2015: Conservative education ministers hold on to their seats

Conservative education ministers have all held on to their seats as their party heads to an overall majority in the…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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General Election 2015: Schools Minister David Laws ousted in “punishing” night for Liberal Democrats

Schools minister David Laws was one of a number of senior Liberal Democrats who lost their seat in a…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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What does a fully-Conservative government mean for schools?

At a certain point last night I grabbed our election supplement and flipped nervously to the Conservative education pledge…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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General Election 2015: Which education MPs came up trumps?

Here is a full list of how our education MPs got on in the election:   Nicky Morgan, education…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Free school blames EFA for early closure

More than 20 pupils face moving schools halfway through their GCSE studies after a free school in Stockport announced…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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How we should combat teacher cyberbullying

School professionals need to work together to combat cyberbullying of teachers, say two academics who have examined YouTube videos…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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DfE lets us look at register of board members’ interest

The Department for Education’s register of board members’ interests is not available on its website and is more than…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Aspirations Academies Trust ‘can’t cope’ with high pupil numbers

Aspirations Academies Trust is planning to reduce pupil numbers in two of its secondary schools, despite concerns from local…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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The day that one in six schools fell silent

– Education disrupted in up to 3,800 schools across the country as ballot boxes moved in – Many forced…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips