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‘Open sewers and rat traps in rooms’: The ‘appalling’ conditions at England’s illegal schools

England’s network of illegal schools is “not just a faith school problem”, an Ofsted director has said, after new...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Exam appeals on the rise as reforms continue to bed in

The number of appeals against GCSE and A-level exam grades rose by more than 40 per cent in 2018,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Government will proceed with £95k public sector pay-off cap

A long-awaited £95,000 cap on pay-offs for school staff is to finally be implemented, the government has announced. The...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Academies giant AET gets second school improvement warning in a matter of weeks

Another school run by the Academies Enterprise Trust is in hot water and may be rebrokered to another sponsor...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Some teachers barely earn the minimum wage, warn union leaders

Some new teachers are barely earning the national minimum wage because of their pay and the hours they work,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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PM dodges questions about ‘workhouse’-style recommendations of cost-saving advisers

The prime minister this week dodged questions about her government’s cost-saving interventions in schools, despite claims the advice “belonged...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers have U-turned on 33 attempts to force schools to become academies

The government has revoked more than 30 academy orders, some after schools have spent years in limbo and often...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Hinds demands end to ‘unethical’ unconditional offers

The education secretary has warned 23 universities regarding their use of “unethical” unconditional offers, following warnings that school pupils...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Less than a third of heads think GCSEs prepare pupils for work

Confidence in GCSEs as a good preparation for work among headteachers slumped last year, according to a new survey...

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Freddie Whittaker