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MPs call for compulsory sex and relationship education in all schools

Sex and relationships education should be compulsory in all schools, says a report published today by the education select…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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PUPIL PREMIUM: four ways to use the funding

A total of 140 secondary schools were last week named as key stage 4 finalists in the Pupil Premium…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Cuckoo Hall Academies Trust issued with Financial Notice to Improve following EFA investigation

The troubled Cuckoo Hall Academies Trust (CHAT)  in north London has been served a financial notice to improve following…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Solution? You haven’t got one, say unions

Teaching union leaders, teachers and politicians have lambasted Nick Clegg and Nicky Morgan’s solution to reduce teachers’ workload When…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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£2bn building bonanza: who gets what . .

Click here to see infographics Schools in the constituencies of Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs are the biggest winners…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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NCTL surprises select committee on ITT plans

More teacher training places in hard-to-recruit subjects are to be given to universities, the chief executive of the National…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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Scheme soldiers on

Expanding a scheme that encourages former soldiers and other service personnel to train as teachers only “scratches the surface”…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Government shuns reports’ advice

The government has rejected recommendations made in the aftermath of the Trojan horse scandal that school governors be restricted…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Class size cap: it already exists, say Conservatives

A Labour party pledge to cap class sizes in infant years has “collapsed” – because it is already in…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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DfE releases details of latest free school applications

Click here for graphs The Department of Education (DfE) has released details of the most recent wave of 148…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Baseline test providers face a punishing deadline

Each of the six providers approved by the Standards and Testing Agency to deliver the new reception baseline tests…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Admissions must change, Durand told

Durand Academy in south London has been told it has to stop giving preferential primary school places to children…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips