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‘The Big Ask’: New children’s commissioner starts role with plan to survey school pupils

School pupils will be surveyed by the new children’s commissioner for a “once-in-a-generation review of the future of childhood”....

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Freddie Whittaker
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£24m committed to extend breakfast clubs programme for two more years

The Department for Education will spend £24 million extending its breakfast clubs programme for a further two years. The...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Gibb rejects call for 11-plus results to be linked to national pupil database

The schools minister has rejected calls to collect 11-plus data and link it to the national pupil database. His...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Ditch ideology and ‘knowledge-rich mantras’ to fix education, union leader tells ministers

Ministers must ditch “ideology, politicking and knowledge-rich mantras” and acknowledge a “relatively small number of changes” are needed to...

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Freddie Whittaker
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School uniforms: No outright ban on ‘sole supplier’ deals, says Gibb

The government will not ban controversial sole supplier contracts for school uniforms outright, but will ask leaders to re-tender...

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Freddie Whittaker
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DfE sneaks in £25m saving with teaching school hubs switch

The government has quietly saved £25 million by switching to a system of teaching school hubs, a Schools Week...

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Freddie Whittaker
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‘Not every day has been brilliant’ – Williamson opens up about pandemic challenges

Gavin Williamson has opened up about the challenges he’s faced in the pandemic, admitting that “not every day has...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Exams 2021: Leaders fear pressure from parents with ‘pointy elbows and lawyer friends’

School leaders fear the switch to teacher assessment instead of exams this year will lead to pressure to adjust...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Pupils ‘expected to know’ up to 1,700 words under reforms to MFL GCSEs

Pupils will be “expected to know” up to 1,700 different words under proposed reforms to GCSE modern foreign language...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker