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DfE swerves new Scottish safeguarding policy

The government has “no plans” to replicate a Scottish safeguarding scheme that nominates someone to support every school-age child,...

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Universal credit: an impending ‘disaster’ for FSM pupils

The government has yet to decide how the universal credit benefits system will interact with free school meals, and...

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Alix Robertson
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Who topped the annual Regional Schools Commissioner League Tables?

The government has released the latest data showing the performance of the regional school commissioners in their second year...

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Alix Robertson
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Improve teacher education to help SEND pupils, research says

Teacher education must “urgently” be upgraded to improve learning for pupils with special education needs and disabilities (SEND), new research...

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Cognitive science needs ‘fair scepticism’

Teachers need to be sceptical about applying popular but “untested” cognitive science theories to education, a panel of experts...

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Minister: MPs should check up on safeguarding in schools

MPs should hold schools to account over safeguarding issues, an education minister has claimed. Anne Milton, skills minister and...

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Ofsted plans MAT inspection changes from 2018

Ofsted wants to change the way it inspects multi-academy trusts (MATs) from September 2018, according to a senior inspector....

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Schools are referring more pupils to social services

Schools are sending more vulnerable children to social care services, with more than 110,000 cases last year, the latest...

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Institute for Teaching launches to create ‘expert teachers’

Schools collectively spend more than £1 billion every year on teacher development but it mostly doesn’t help them get...

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Alix Robertson