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Want to reverse cuts and protect school budgets? That’ll be £4.9bn please

It would cost almost £5 billion to reverse funding cuts experienced by schools since 2009 and protect their budgets...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Social mobility will remain a priority for the next prime minister, insists Hinds

The government will continue to prioritise social mobility no matter who takes over as prime minister, the education secretary...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Hinds: We’ll change admissions code to ‘accelerate’ school moves for children in need

The government will amend the school admissions code to “accelerate” the process of moving vulnerable children between schools, Damian...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Suspensions and internal strife plague NASUWT as Keates stands down

Three senior national officials at one of the country’s largest teaching unions have been serving lengthy suspensions following disputes...

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Freddie Whittaker
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DfE seeks company for £20m contract to supply sanitary products to schools

The government will spend up to £20 million supplying free sanitary products to schools and colleges across England, it...

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Freddie Whittaker
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We’ll build trust in our school funding stats, says DfE chief

The Department for Education’s most senior civil servant has said he wants to build the department’s reputation as “a...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers warned over RSE ‘loopholes’ as Charedi schools seek to block LGBT teaching

Ministers have been accused of leaving “loopholes” in new relationships and sex education guidance after it emerged some Jewish...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Give WCAT’s leftover cash to schools it left behind, says MP

Money handed back to the government by an academy trust that collapsed two years ago must be returned to...

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Freddie Whittaker
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‘Respect our staff’ – union posters seek to stop pupils and parents abusing teachers

Schools are being encouraged to put up posters to make it clear to pupils, parents and visitors that they...

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Freddie Whittaker