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DfE rushes out new ITT framework ahead of election

The Department for Education has unexpectedly published its new framework for initial teacher training, months earlier than planned. Last...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Pupils with top vocational qualifications earn more, study finds

Pupils with the most prestigious vocational qualifications earn more later in life than those with top A-levels, a new...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Rise in job adverts points to deepening recruitment crisis

Schools advertised almost 1,300 more teacher vacancies last year than in the previous 12 months, according to new research...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Investigation: Hundreds of schools face nativity play disruption for December election

Hundreds of schools are rescheduling nativity plays and Christmas concerts while parents scramble to make childcare arrangements, following the...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Two former education secretaries to leave Parliament with Morgan latest to stand down

Two former education secretaries will leave Parliament at the upcoming election. Justine Greening, who served from 2016 to early...

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Freddie Whittaker
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December election: MPs warn of nativity crisis and ‘cancelled Christmas decorations’

Schools face having to reschedule nativity plays and even take down Christmas decorations to facilitate a December 12 election,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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December election 2019: What does it mean for schools?

Parliament has approved plans by the government to hold an election on December 12. So what does this mean...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Regional rep challenges establishment candidate for NASUWT leadership

A senior member of the NASUWT teaching union is seeking to challenge the establishment candidate to become its new...

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Freddie Whittaker
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DfE’s attempts to salvage UTCs are failing as deficits soar

Struggling University Technical Colleges now account for almost 10 per cent of revenue deficits reported by all academy trusts...

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Freddie Whittaker