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McDonnell: We’ll replace and upgrade schools with share of £150bn fund

Schools will receive money from a new £150 billion “social transformation fund” under a Labour government, John McDonnell will...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE reminds schools to ‘avoid partisan activity’ as election looms

School staff are being reminded to “avoid activity that could be construed as partisan or favouring a particular political...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE leaves security planning up to schools despite concern over new guidance

School leaders are “best-placed” to make decisions about their own security policies, the government has said, dismissing concerns its...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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OCR becomes second exam board to breach re-mark rules

OCR will pay schools nearly £15,000 in compensation after becoming the second exam board to breach rules over exam...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The DfE’s six new character education benchmarks

A new set of “benchmarks” for schools to rate their character education against has been published by the Department...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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iGCSE top grades easier to achieve, government study finds

Pupils who study international GCSEs are more likely to get top grades, but often underperform in their A-levels, a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The subjects that qualify for extra post-16 funding

School sixth forms and colleges will get a share of an additional £55 million in funding next year, but...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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London mayor Sadiq Khan announces £4.7m to ‘cut school exclusions’

A taskforce set up by the mayor of London Sadiq Khan will spend £4.7 million to cut school exclusions...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE reverts to backing sole supplier for Teach First

The Department for Education appears to have abandoned any potential split in Teach First’s contract between several suppliers. Last...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker