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Newspaper editor falls for April Fool’s prank: ‘I should have known – idea of transparency is just too far-fetched’

Schools Week editor Laura McInerney has said she should have known our April Fool’s day prank story was a…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked documents reveal new free schools to be named after politicians

NB – This story was published as an April Fool’s story. Three new free schools due to open after…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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What actually happens at a teacher union conference? – The inside view.

I spent six years as a teacher and never once went to a teacher union conference. In fact, the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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NQT retention rate branded ‘dismal’ as union reveals two in five stay less than a year

The “dismal” retention rate of newly-qualified teachers (NQTs) has been lamented by a union leader after figures revealed only three…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Gove’s ‘school structure experiment’ has left schools in free-fall – Bousted

Michael Gove’s “great school structure experiment” has failed, and the proof is in the schools which “fall through gaps…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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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