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Morgan: A ‘new deal for teachers’

Education secretary, Nicky Morgan, has today outlined a three-part “new deal for teachers” in a message to colleagues. The…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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BREAKING: Forest Academy becomes latest E-Act school to get new sponsor

An academy in Gloucestershire is the latest school to be relinquished by struggling chain E-Act, with a nearby FE…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Ofsted slams Durham Free School as inadequate – 16 months after Gove praise

Durham Free School – which was praised by former education secretary Michael Gove – has been branded inadequate in…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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We’ll judge character, not evidence says DfE

Schools do not need to submit verifiable evidence in support of their claim on a prize fund drawn from…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE publishes three waves of free school applications

The Department for Education (DfE) has published the first three waves of free school application forms, more than two years…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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New DT GCSE content to be delayed until 2017, Gibb announces

The introduction of a new design and technology GCSE will be delayed, school reform minister Nick Gibb has announced….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Unions react to Ofsted’s ‘double inspections’ plan

Teaching unions have criticised Ofsted for failing to act more quickly on the reliability of its judgements after it…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Free research journal access – the teacher campaign continues

It’s not just teachers who have limited access to education journal articles – but also civil servants at the…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Character Education Awards process lacks rigour

The Department for Education has now confirmed that information submitted by schools, as part of their application to receive…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Life-changing school and uni networks re-established

More than 30 regional networks aimed at encouraging outreach between schools and universities are to be established, four years…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Brighter A level students given fewer university offers, ucas figures reveal

The brightest students are missing out on offers from universities compared to their lower scoring peers, figures from university…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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For-profit free school’s £307k bailout

The education business behind England’s first for-profit free school has gone into the black for the first time, but…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips