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Ninety per cent of teachers have no training on dealing with young carers, union survey shows

A survey by Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) found that ninety per cent of those surveyed said they…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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New rules demanding governors publish their interests online or face suspension “the right thing to do”

New rules demanding governors publish a register of their interests online – including relationships with school staff – have…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Breaking: Firm chosen for new national reference tests with first exams set for March 2017

A firm has been selected to develop and introduce the new national reference tests – with the first pupils set to…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Hunt pledges ‘far-reaching’ reform of Ofsted and peer review system by 2020

Labour will complete “far-reaching reform” of Ofsted and introduce a peer review improvement system by 2020 if the party…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Teachers need more support to stop their careers being ruined by false allegations from pupils, union warns

More than a third of school staff claim they or a colleague have faced false allegations from pupils –…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Plans for differently weighting the maths content of new science GCSEs have “little justification”

Ofqual’s proposals for differently weighting maths content  in the new science GCSE exams have “little justification”, says a science subject…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott


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STEM-specialist free school branded ‘inadequate’

A North London 16 to 19 free school which specialises in science, maths, engineering and technology has been branded…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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ASCL: leave us to get on with it, whitehall

The curriculum is the business of politicians, not teachers, said Nicky Morgan, while Labour’s Tristram Hunt plumped for help…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Reception assessments ‘harmful’, say unions and academics

An open letter expressing deep concern about the intended introduction of reception baseline assessments from September has been signed…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Special needs reforms: laudable or laughable?

Parents of children with special needs last year told a website survey that they were unhappy with September’s changes…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Inspiration Trust denies ‘baseless allegations’ it will sell failing Norwich schools’ land

Education secretary Nicky Morgan has taken the controversial decision to sign an academy order for the Hewett school in…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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£1.8m to ‘eradicate’ homophobic bullying

The government has released £1.8 million to train teachers to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullying. Eight groups,…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips