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PISA 2018: Maths up, no improvement in reading or science

England’s pupils are performing better in maths, but have made no improvement in reading or science for 13 years,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Stats watchdog warns Tories and Labour over ‘unclear’ manifesto claims

Both the Conservatives and Labour made “unclear” statements about education in their election manifestos, the statistics watchdog has said....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Layla Moran: Our manifesto pledges will help deliver 20k teachers target

The Liberal Democrats are counting on their reforms to school accountability, testing and teacher pay and development to deliver...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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LGBT protest school head hopes court victory will help other schools

The headteacher of a school at the centre of fierce protests over LGBT-inclusive lessons hopes her landmark court victory...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools WILL get share of £100bn capital cash despite manifesto omission, insists Williamson

Schools will benefit from a share of the Conservatives’ £100 billion infrastructure fund if the party regains power, but...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Johnson pledges ‘no-notice’ Ofsted inspections

Boris Johnson has pledged to trial “no-notice” Ofsted inspections for schools if he is re-elected. In a surprise announcement,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academies struggling with apprentice hiring target

Just 7 per cent of academy trusts and large academies met a new apprenticeship recruitment target in the first...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Catholic diocese defends 20% non-faith admissions at new VA school

A Catholic diocese preparing to open a new voluntary-aided school has insisted its decision to admit a fifth of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Twofold rise in secondaries losing ‘outstanding’ rating under Ofsted clampdown

The proportion of secondary schools that lost their ‘outstanding’ rating almost doubled last year amid a clampdown on underperforming...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker