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Pupil who designed new £1 coin was encouraged by his teacher

A Walsall teenager told by his teacher about a competition to design the “tails” side of the new £1…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Budget reveals measures for reducing ‘back-office’ spend in schools

While chancellor George Osborne failed to mention education in his budget speech, the full report includes measures for reducing…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Experience of Priority Schools Building Programme “really has been painful” says London head

An evidence session of the education select committee into the Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP) heard claims from a…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Confidence in Ofsted ‘undermined’ by Trojan Horse investigations

Confidence in Ofsted has been undermined and needs to be restored, according to the Education Select Committee’s latest report…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Trojan Horse investigations led to ‘crisis and confusion’

Conducting multiple inquiries into concerns about Birmingham’s so-called ‘Trojan Horse’ plot led to “a sense of crisis and confusion”,…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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King’s Leadership Academy is national winner of character education awards

A Warrington free school which issues passports to its pupils to log the success of character education has been…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Next government should split Ofsted in two and prioritise accountability of primaries – education committee

The next government should reconsider splitting Ofsted in two and prioritise increased accountability in the primary school sector, the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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ASCL calls for national fair funding formula to reduce gap between local authorities

A call is being made for the introduction of a national fair funding formula as analysis by the Association…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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School budget protection and pupil premium among Clegg’s ‘proudest moments’

The introduction of the pupil premium and protection of the schools budget are among Nick Clegg’s “proudest moments” in…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Labour rally: Hunt pledges clampdown on school admissions rules

School admissions rules need “beefed up” enforcement, Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt said today. Mr Hunt made the comments…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Labour MP slams Nicky Morgan over claim free schools outperform ‘council-run’ schools

An MP had strong words for education secretary Nicky Morgan after she wrote to him claiming free schools are better than ‘council-run’…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Pupil premium: is the £2.5bn cash injection raising standards?

Schools Week is exploring the way vulnerable groups of learners have fared under the coalition. In the third of…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips