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Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England and Wales from September 2015

Nicky Morgan has written to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) confirming her acceptance of the recommended pay terms…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Segregation declining slowly in schools, claims Demos report

Ethnic minority children are “substantially” more likely than white children to attend schools where ethnic minorities are in the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Accountability measures lead to ‘unprecedented levels’ of stress among pupils

The government’s focus on accountability is increasing anxiety among pupils and contributing to “disaffection and poor behaviour”, a National…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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E-ACT financial notice to improve lifted after more than two years

The government has lifted a financial notice to improve placed on the beleaguered E-ACT Academy Trust more than two…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Ethnic minority students do better in sponsored academies

Black and Chinese pupils at sponsored academies were hit less hard by a dip in GCSE pass rates last…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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NAO report says universal credit change likely to affect pupil premium

A move in 2016 to the new universal credit system for unifying benefits may make it more difficult to…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips


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GCSE science ‘clangers’ get through to final document

The final version of the new GCSE combined science subject content published this week still has mistakes highlighted by…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Delayed free schools eat up nearly £12m

More than 50 free schools have postponed opening in the past two years amid concerns that some would not…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Morgan’s husband sits on three governing bodies

The education secretary reassured governors that she knows how important they are – revealing that it’s something her husband…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Regional breakdown of coasting schools: Will RSCs be able to cope?

A fifth of secondary schools in two regional school commissioner (RSC) areas would be classed as coasting under current…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Power over ‘coasting’ schools is not a conflict of interest, says RSC

A regional schools commissioner (RSC) has brushed aside any possible conflict of interest after being given new powers to…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Art staff ‘filled with dread’ at teaching outside specialism

Art teachers are experiencing “fear and panic” as they are forced to teach subjects in secondary schools that they…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips