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Gender gaps in A-level subjects: The full list

New figures have revealed stark gender gaps in pupils taking AS and A-level subjects including physics, computing and psychology. Ofsted has today published the…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Jack, Chloe or Smith? The most popular names for school children

The Department for Education today released a list of the 1,000 most popular names of school pupils according to…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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DfE threatens High Court action if teachers discuss SATs content online

Teachers could face being taken to the High Court if they discuss the content of this week’s SATs exams…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Far more new MPs went to comprehensive schools than those re-elected

Newly elected MPs were far more likely to have attended a comprehensive school than those that were re-elected, new…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Nicky Morgan to stay on as education secretary as Gove moves to justice

Nicky Morgan will continue to serve as education secretary under the new Conservative majority government, David Cameron is expected…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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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


News, Opinion

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
News, Opinion

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
News, Opinion

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