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‘Galling’ £111m arts premium plan is ‘too little too late’ – Barton

The Conservatives’ promise to fund an arts premium is “slightly galling” and “too little too late”, a union boss...

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Freddie Whittaker

Julia Skinner’s top edu-blogs of the week, 18 November 2019

Governing our schools: 10 years on @NGAEmmaK You would expect changes in most things over ten years, and this...

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Labour to raise school spending by £10.5bn and give teachers a 5% pay rise

Labour has vowed to increase the schools budget by £10.5 billion by 2022-23 and hand school staff a 5...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Labour manifesto 2019: the full list of schools policies

The Labour Party’s official manifesto for the 2019 general election has officially been launched this morning in Birmingham. Besides...

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Late A-level entries drop to lowest rate in a decade

The proportion of A-level and AS-level entries made late by schools has dropped to the lowest level in at...

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Lib Dem manifesto: More SEND funding, no more EBacc and gender neutral school uniforms pledged

The Liberal Democrats will halve the amount schools pay towards high needs provision, abolish the EBacc and force all...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Lib Dems pledge to boost teacher numbers by 20,000

The Liberal Democrats will pledge to increase teacher numbers in English schools by 20,000 over the next five years....

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School funding bidding war escalates as Green Party pledges extra £4bn

The Green Party has pledged to increase the schools budget by at least £4 billion if it wins the...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Ex-WCAT schools won’t get any money back

Schools that were part of the failed Wakefield City Academies Trust won’t get back any of the money that...

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Freddie Whittaker