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Extend free school meals to secondary pupils, says shadow minister

Labour should look to extend the availability of free school meals to secondary schools “at the earliest possible opportunity”,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour pledges 32-hour working week, but will it work for teachers?

School staff and other workers across England have been promised “a shorter working week with no loss of pay”...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Angela Rayner: Full text of Labour Conference 2019 speech

Labour activists heard from Angela Rayner at the party’s annual conference this morning. Here is what she said. Conference,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Anti-private school motion passes at Labour conference

Delegates at the Labour Party conference have passed a motion calling on the party to “integrate” private schools into...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour would replace Ofsted with Local Authority ‘health checks’

A Labour government would replace Ofsted with a new inspection system involving local authorities running “health checks” on schools....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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The 4 schools policies in Angela Rayner’s Labour conference speech

Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, has addressed the Labour Party conference in Brighton. In a short speech, Rayner...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England and Wales from September 2019

The new teacher and school leadership pay rates for 2019-20 have been confirmed by the Department for Education. In July,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour refuses to rule out replacing Ofsted

Labour is “looking at all options” for an overhaul of the school accountability system, including replacing Ofsted. In an...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Going for Gatsby: Schools report careers progress, but some areas lag behind

Schools across England are reporting an improved picture of careers support, but some areas are still lagging behind despite...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker