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Forced out: The experienced teachers losing their livelihoods as schools cut costs

Hundreds of teachers have seen experienced colleagues forced out to make room for cheaper workers, new data has revealed,...

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Careers and Enterprise Company will continue to rely on public cash, admits DfE

The Careers and Enterprise Company will continue to be reliant on government handouts after ministers dropped their ambition for...

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Freddie Whittaker
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DfE didn’t look into failed UTC’s finances

The government chose not to investigate when auditors were unable to properly scrutinise the finances of a failed university...

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Freddie Whittaker
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MAT chairs work more than double recommended hours, study finds

Chairs of trustees work the equivalent of a fifth of a full-time job running academy trusts, a new study...

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Don’t shy away from seeking science specialists, urges new report

Advertising for general science teachers is no more effective than seeking those with subject-specific qualifications, according to new research....

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Freddie Whittaker
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Dominic Herrington made permanent national schools commissioner

The government has appointed Dominic Herrington as its permanent national schools commissioner. Herrington, also the regional schools commissioner for...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Edexcel maths paper leaks referred to prosecutors

Police investigating high-profile leaks of Edexcel A-level exam papers in 2017 and 2018 have passed their first case to...

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DfE pledges to publish breakdown of cost-cutters’ savings

Ministers will publish a breakdown of recommendations made by its team of cost-cutting advisers later this year. The Department...

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NEU vows to mobilise parents to ‘ramp up’ school cuts campaign

The National Education Union will “ramp up” campaigning on school funding and seek to mobilise parents on the campaign...

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Freddie Whittaker