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Society mag snubs northern schools

Schools in the north of the country have been largely ignored by a society magazine which listed the country’s…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Teachers face high paywall to access research free to Scots

– REVEALED: Scottish one year trial cost just £30k – DfE will not be drawn on support for free…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Regional school commissioner pay revealed

The pay packets of the government’s regional schools commissioners (RSCs) have been disclosed, as part of a transparency release…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Agency costs down, overtime up at DfE

Department for Education (DfE) staff are working more overtime as the government department seeks to reduce its spend on…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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New framework launched by the National Governors’ Association

The National Governors’ Association (NGA) today launches its Framework for Governance. The NGA announced plans for the guidance at…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Education Select Committee Review: Nicky Morgan on Careers Advice and Guidance

Nicky Morgan was at the Education Select Committee today to account for the government’s progress (or otherwise) on careers…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney


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Publish appropriate levels for “super-head” pay, recommends government committee

Increasing “super-head” salaries are not being taking seriously by the Treasury  – and appropriate levels of pay ought to…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Momentum continues for fight to give teachers free research journal access

A petition calling for teachers to be given free access to research journals continues to attract new supporters. On Friday,…

Philip Nye
Philip Nye
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New school food rules begin today but many still exempt

All maintained schools and new academies must follow new school food standards starting from today – but existing academies…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Government puts £1.8bn price tag on Labour school policies

Labour’s school policies could cost more than £1.8bn to implement should the party win the general election, the government…

Philip Nye
Philip Nye
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New Year – new name

We liked the name Academies Week, but many of you did not. Rightly, you said it excluded lots of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Give teachers free access to academic research, says petition

Teachers should be given free access to research journals to help drive improvement in education, according to a petition…

Philip Nye
Philip Nye