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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
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Progress 8: New measure undervalues low ability pupils

Schools adding value around the bottom of the ability range during the transition from legacy GCSEs to the new…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Eight months in and how have the RSCs fared?

Regional Schools Commissioners are part of the government’s middle tier of accountability for academies. Brought in last September, they…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Former free school head charged with fraud

A free school’s former principal has vowed to clear his name after he was charged with multiple fraud offences….

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Free School round-up

Durham free school backs down on plans to appeal against closure Durham Free School will not be seeking a judicial…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Commission members announced

School reform minister Nick Gibb last month announced a teacher-led commission on “assessment without levels” to highlight best practice…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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PSHE teacher slump in face of £700 course fee

The number of teachers training in personal, social, health and economics (PSHE) education has fallen 90 per cent, according…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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49 New Free Schools: But where are they located?

The prime minister has announced the approval of a further 49 free schools, the last batch before the general…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Nuffield pilot promises one school a ‘head of wellbeing’

What’s better in a school – a free fitness facility or an employee dedicated to “wellbeing”? In the case…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Local authorities must act when children’s centres fail, says minister

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah says the government will not step in when children’s centres underperform as it does when…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Teacher pay rise: Nicky Morgan approves 2 per cent increase for ‘best’ teachers

Schools are set to be given the power to reward their best teachers with a 2 per cent pay…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford