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Heads ‘not scared’ of industrial action over funding, says union leader

Headteachers are “not scared” of taking industrial action over school funding, says the head of the country’s largest school...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Help me sort out special needs funding, Hinds tells heads

The government will seek the views of schools on whether special needs funding should be reformed to make it...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Cost of school savings advisers will rise to £4m, and 8 other things we learned from Agnew at education committee

Academies minister Lord Agnew faced a grilling from MPs this morning over school funding, academies, exclusions and other issues...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Minister: We will ‘tighten accountability’ on exclusions

The government will seek to “tighten accountability” over school exclusions following a landmark review, a minister has confirmed. Lord...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE urged to give long-term poor more pupil premium cash

The government should consider handing schools more pupil premium funding for those children with long-term disadvantage, the Social Mobility...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Stay in school and become a scientist’ Hinds tells climate strikers

Pupils in England should stay in school and become climate scientists to help solve the problems of the future,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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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,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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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...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker