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Teacher banning orders double for abuse of social media

The number of teachers banned for inappropriate use of social media has more than doubled in the past year,…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Skills Show attracts more than 500 schools

More than 500 schools and 74,000 pupils, teachers and parents visited this year’s three-day Skills Show held at the…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Hodge oversees spat between Tory MP and EFA chief

MPs were stunned in a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday, when Peter Lauener, chair of the Education Funding…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Tower Hamlets head ‘surprised’ ahead of Ofsted findings on safeguarding

The headteacher of a Church of England school expected to enter special measures for inadequately safeguarding its pupils from…

Philip Nye
Philip Nye
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Academy chain drops plan to outsource non-teaching staff

The country’s largest academy chain has confirmed it will not continue with plans to outsource its non-teaching roles. Academies…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Wilshaw: School was right to send 150 pupils home over uniform breaches

A school that sent home more than 150 pupils in one day for breaches of its uniform policy has…

Philip Nye
Philip Nye


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The Regional Schools Commissioners and their regions

Over eight weeks we have profiled each of the eight regional schools commissioner (RSC) regions. RSCs are the government’s ‘middle…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Teachers’ union to launch Gender Equality Challenge in 2015

The General Secretary of the teaching union NASUWT has announced a ‘national initiative’ to encourage, support and recognise publicly the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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FEATURED: the new regional schools commissioners

Teaching schools are being encouraged to tackle underperformance at academies in the east Midlands and Humber, says Jenny Bexon-Smith,…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Ofsted director tells governors ‘tough conversations’ needed after Trojan Horse

There will be times when faith schools feel trapped between “the rock of their faith and the hard place…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Cash boost for Troops to Teaching after slow start

Funding for a scheme to encourage former soldiers and other service personnel to train as teachers is to be…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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New DfE building plans include gym and space for art collection

– £45-50m tendered for upgrade of Old Admiralty Building in Whitehall to house up to 1,600 staff – DfE…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden