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Alliance wants to redistribute pupil premiums

Pupil premiums should be redistributed to pupils who are both disadvantaged and have low attainment, suggests a group of…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Hunt: Schools should be free to choose how they do it

In the same week that the coalition pushed military ethos projects, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said that he…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Morale leaps as Morgan moves in

Morale is bouncing back at the Department for Education following the end of a “particularly unpleasant era” when Michael…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Wilshaw fears for stand-alone academies

Ofsted’s chief inspector has criticised a focus on the structure of schools, despite warning that stand-alone academies are at…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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DfE rules on ‘Disqualification by association’ unclear says NAHT

The Department for Education needs to issue clearer guidance on who must be barred from working with young children,…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Ministers back college of teaching

A proposed college of teaching has been backed by the government in an announcement by ministers Nicky Morgan and…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Authorities on target list left in the dark

Authorities on a “target list” for academisation have been unaware that the Department for Education “concentrated its efforts” in…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Morgan sets aside £4.8m for ‘character-building’

Nicky Morgan has revealed details of her plan to promote character in schools, a proposal that she outlined as…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Primary school results improve across all subjects

Performance in key stage two SATS has increased across all subjects, newly published figures show. Primary league tables show…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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DfE agrees to publish regional schools commissioner registers of interests

Education ministers have committed to greater transparency around regional schools commissioners, following criticism of them as “unaccountable and opaque”. Responding…

Philip Nye
Philip Nye
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Morgan announces ’employer-led’ careers advice company

A new “employer-led” company will launch next year to boost careers advice in schools and colleges, the education secretary announced…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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GCSE Science students should complete ‘log-book’ of sixteen experiments, says Ofqual

GCSE pupils may no longer need to undertake practical controlled assessments for their science exams – but instead their…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney