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Ex-minister’s multi-academy trust collapses

An academy trust chaired by former education minister Jim Knight is to fold. HTI Education Trust has announced that…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Osborne earmarks £30m for northern academies and careers advice

Chancellor George Osborne has announced a £30 million cash boost for education. In his Autumn Statement, Mr Osborne said…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Education Select Committee Review: Morgan on GCSE and A Level Reform

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Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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BREAKING: Osborne pledges £10m budget boost for academy chains in the North

The chancellor has this afternoon announced £10 million for academy chains in the north of England. Delivering the Autumn…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Four A-levels and a GCSE given the chop by Ofqual

Four A Levels and one GCSE subject are to be axed by Ofqual from next September. The qualifications body…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Trojan Horse school to join Ark academy chain

One of Birmingham’s ‘Trojan Horse’ schools is set to join the Ark multi-academy trust next September. Trustees at Oldknow…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott


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6 Things We Learned In Today’s Education Question Time

At today’s Education Question Time the education ministerial line-up took questions on several topics, including the benefit of private…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Maths AS and A Level reforms delayed for a year

Changes to the AS and A levels in mathematics and further mathematics are to be put back for a…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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BREAKING: Three suspended as academies trust launches ‘misconduct’ investigation

A North London academies trust has suspended three senior managers and launched an investigation into “gross misconduct”. In a…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Four academy trusts hit with financial notices to improve

A slew of financial notices to improve for academy trusts have been published this afternoon by the Education Funding…

Philip Nye
Philip Nye
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DfE seeks refund on £30,000 iPhone pilot

The Department for Education (DfE) has spent more than £30,000 on iPhones this year as part of a discontinued…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Hunt private school partnership plan falls short of widening admissions

The shadow education secretary announced that a Labour government would make the sector’s business tax relief dependent on their…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips