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Plight of SEND families shames me, admits Halfon

Ministers must issue a “serious response” to the education committee’s landmark SEND report, Robert Halfon has said, as he...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Pupil premium rates to rise for first time in 5 years

The amount of money schools receive to support their poorest pupils is to increase for the first time in...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Per-pupil funding almost 2% lower than 2010 in today’s money, admits DfE

Per-pupil funding is currently 1.9 per cent lower than it was in 2010 in real-terms, the government has admitted....

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Freddie Whittaker
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New teacher training application portal will replace UCAS service by 2021

The government’s new teacher training application portal will replace UCAS’s system by 2021, ministers have announced. Nick Gibb, the...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Three-quarters of unis appear to have ditched ‘conditional unconditional’ offers

Up to three quarters of universities and colleges appear to have ended the controversial practice of “conditional unconditional” offers,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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AQA admits two further rule breaches over re-marks, but won’t get another fine

The exam board AQA breached rules relating to the re-marking of exams again last autumn – despite having just...

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Freddie Whittaker
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‘School Gains?’ – Downing Street launches rival to union funding cuts website

Downing Street will launch a new website to challenge the union’s School Cuts service, as a new law to...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Robert Halfon re-elected as education committee chair

Robert Halfon has been re-elected unopposed as the chair of the Parliamentary education committee. The Conservative MP’s re-election was...

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Freddie Whittaker
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1 in 20 teachers has long-lasting mental health problem, study finds

One in 20 teachers report having a long-lasting mental health problem, but teaching isn’t the only profession hit by...

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Freddie Whittaker