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GCSE awards up two per cent as schools respond to league table changes

The number of GCSEs awarded in England increased by two per cent last year, reversing a downward trend. Ofqual...

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National Audit Office academies report: The key findings

The system used by the government to convert local authority-maintained schools into academies is under National Audit Office scrutiny....

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EEF starts £250k project to boost maths and science teaching in 220 schools

The Education Endowment Fund has partnered with an education charity to run a £250,000 project to improve maths and...

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Expanded grammar schools ready for extra pupils by 2020

Grammar schools will be able to expand and take on extra pupils as soon as 2020 if long-awaited funding...

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Teacher workload crisis threatens examiner recruitment

Teacher workload and reforms to GCSEs and A-levels are affecting examiner recruitment. Union officials, school leaders and examiners have...

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Slight fall in school absence fines in wake of Platt court case

Parents fined for their children’s unauthorised absence fell a little last year, but the figures did not change as...

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Girls school holds off negative Ofsted report with legal threats

A Kent school that managed to suppress an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted report for eight months by threatening legal action has...

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St Neots Learning Partnership issued with pre-termination warning notice

An academy trust in Cambridgeshire has been warned it faces closure over “unacceptably low” standards at one of its...

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Primary MATs have the widest gender pay gap

Primary school academy trusts have the largest pay gaps between men and women according to new national data –...

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Alix Robertson