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Should sex education be compulsory? – Education Select Committee to hear evidence

MPs will tomorrow hear evidence about making sex and relationships education (SRE) compulsory in schools – ahead of a…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Pay top teachers more to work in challenging areas, report urges

A cross-party report has suggested paying the country’s top teachers 25 per cent more to work in disadvantaged areas….

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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FEATURED: the new regional schools commissioners

Primary schools that wish to apply for academy status will be encouraged to do so in groups says Dominic…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Teaching unions join thousands in London pay protest marches

Hundreds of teachers from across the country joined colleagues from the public sector today to protest for pay increases….

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Ofsted busts ‘myths’ on book-marking and lesson plans

Use the red pen as much or as little as you like. That seems to be the message from…

Philip Nye
Philip Nye
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Truth behind the ‘funny oath’

Teachers will not have to swear “some funny oath”, Tristram Hunt has said after comments he made led to…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Cameron plans rescue squad of 1,500 top teachers

A rescue team of teachers in the shape of a National Teaching Service (NTS) were proposed this week by…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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School Direct places soar as institutions face cuts

Figures released this week show that teacher training places at outstanding providers are to be cut 10.6 per cent,…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Ofsted obstruct the sharing of teacher observation notes

A data protection expert has said Ofsted is being obstructive by using copyright law to prevent teachers publishing their…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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More academy conversions given the green light

Labour would continue to allow good and outstanding schools to convert to academy status, Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Quick reunion for A and AS-levels

Tristram Hunt has brushed off concerns over his plan to “recouple” AS-levels and A-levels, saying “parliament is sovereign and…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Truants stay in the classroom as term-time holidays lose their allure

The Department for Education (DfE) has revealed record low numbers of children persistently missing lessons. The government said the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford