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Poorly performing trust makes top 100 list

An academy trust under fire from Ofsted for poor performance has emerged as the highest ranked schools group on…

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Childcare pledge will ‘force providers to close’

The Conservative party’s intention to double free childcare for three and four-year-olds will have a negative impact on the…

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UTC shuts, just as Cameron promises ‘one in every city’

When David Cameron launched his party’s manifesto at Swindon’s University Technical College (UTC) on Tuesday, he claimed that he…

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MP wants to know who’s top of the (rubble) pile

The government has refused to publish a list of decaying schools that missed out on priority building funds. Calder…

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Union criticises four-day consultation on redundancies

The National Union of Teachers has criticised a school for its “sham” consultation on making several staff redundant. Nicholas…

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Election 2015: what the parties say they will do for education

In the first of a series of spreads on the election campaign, Freddie Whittaker reports from the manifesto launches…

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Parents question inspectors’ special needs training

A parent of two deaf children is angry about Ofsted’s refusal to tell him if two inspection teams who…

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Silent tears as Leonie remembers a fallen soldier

John Dickens joins a group of 52 pupils from Ormiston academies on a visit to the battlefields of the…

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Major firms shelve ‘approved’ A-level lists

Fears that some A-level pupils are discriminated against in the workplace because of their subject choices may prove unfounded…

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Free school pulls the plug as site search fails

A “chaotic” search for free school sites in a north London borough has ended with a proposed school for…

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EXCLUSIVE: Exam overhauls ‘force’ Cambridge to plan entry tests

– University consults on bringing back own entrance test after 29 years – ‘What I hear is a lot…

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It’s not what you play, it’s how long you do it for. . .

Children who play computer games for more than three hours a day are more likely to be hyperactive, not…

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