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Suffolk County Council “too slow” in improving education, Ofsted says

A local authority has been criticised by Ofsted for damaging relationships with headteachers during its plan to improve education…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Flags designed by primary school pupils fly in Parliament Square

Flags designed by 79 primary school children to represent their local communities are flying in Westminster in the week…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Nicky Morgan: Academies are a ‘better kind’ of school than local authority ones

Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show this morning, education secretary Nicky Morgan agreed that academies are a ‘better kind’…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Girls shun ‘geeky’ computing AS-levels

New figures have revealed stark gender divides in certain AS and A-level subjects. But while the well-publicised gaps in…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Westminster’s newest schools sector MPs

Former teachers, a schools inspector and the chair of governors at a free school are among the new MPs…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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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…

Nicky Phillips
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…

Nicky Phillips
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…

Nicky Phillips
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…

Nicky Phillips
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…

Nicky Phillips
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…

Nicky Phillips
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 . . ….

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips