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Are schools really making the GCSE grade?

Schools have now had a week to digest the GCSE league tables released by the Department for Education. But…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Apply now for summer school funding

The Department for Education is inviting applications for the latest round of pupil premium summer school funding, with evidence…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Pension costs cut into PM’s pledge to safeguard budgets

Schools are facing squeezed finances, despite David Cameron’s pledge this week to safeguard the schools budget. Speaking on Monday…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Sacking primary heads over times tables doesn’t add up

A proposed Conservative policy that primary head teachers be sacked if their pupils do not know their times-tables has…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Private school defends against Cameron claim

A private school singled out by Prime Minister David Cameron in a speech this week has defended its record…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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The graph that should stop Cameron’s plan

– Data challenges Tory pledge to ‘takeover’ mediocre schools – Overlap in pupils’ performance between Ofsted grades The prime…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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Aborted Croydon free school costs taxpayers £82,000

Four Conservative councillors behind plans to open a free school in south London that were scrapped at a cost…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Sharing resources: Sorry Mr President, we thought of it first

President Obama may have committed to promoting the use of open educational resources (OER), but Leicester got there first….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted fine-tunes inspection framework

Teaching unions have given a cautious welcome to Ofsted’s latest reforms that include new criteria across all inspections. From…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Reception baseline assessment providers set 10 per cent recruitment target

The Standards and Testing Agency has confirmed the six providers for reception baseline assessments, as it is revealed providers…

Paul Bishop
Paul Bishop
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140 secondary schools given cash bonus as they qualify for 2015 Pupil Premium Awards

A total of 140 secondary schools will receive at least a £5,000 cash boost after being announced as  key…

Paul Bishop
Paul Bishop
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Top primary school has exam results annulled after investigation

A London primary school which was previously labelled as the best in the country has seen its entire exam results…

Paul Bishop
Paul Bishop