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Skirts banned as Yorkshire school brings in trousers-only policy

A school in east Yorkshire will join at least 63 others in being “trousers-only” for girls after male teachers allegedly…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Labour leadership contender Liz Kendall supports free schools

Labour leadership contender Liz Kendall has said she supports free schools – in contrast to previous Labour policy. Appearing…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College of Teaching announces 15 committee members to choose founding trustees

The search has started to find 13 trustees who will lead the formation of the College of Teaching. The…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Mausoleum next to school sports field rejected

A mausoleum due to be built next to a Staffordshire secondary school has been refused planning permission after the…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Primary schools celebrating the end of SATs criticised for throwing parties

It was party time in many primary schools last week as year 6 pupils celebrated the end of their…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Exam boards told to rewrite GCSE maths papers following difficulty row

The qualifications watchdog has told exam boards to rewrite parts of their GCSE maths exam papers following the row over…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott


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Number of pupils missing school rises slightly, new figures show

Pupils have missed 800,000 more days this autumn term compared to last year as school absence rates crept up….

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Three Ofsted inspections into free schools published in election run-up – compared to 10 last year

Only three Ofsted inspections into free schools were published in the run up to the election – compared to…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Property website lets home hunters check schools’ Ofsted ratings

Property website Rightmove has added a resource on its website to allow people to easily find the Ofsted result…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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‘Coasting schools’ are not defined by their Ofsted grade, and 6 other things we learned from Nicky Morgan

In the first ever Schools Week webinar, education secretary Nicky Morgan told us more about her future plans.  …

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Graham Stuart to step down from education select committee

After eight years in post, Graham Stuart has said that he will not be putting his name forward to…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Schools Week editor interviews education secretary, Nicky Morgan – audio recording

On Monday, May 18, Schools Week editor Laura McInerney interviewed the education secretary, Nicky Morgan (audio recording available below)….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford