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Union ordered to reinstate sacked employee after whistleblowing row

England’s second largest teaching union has been ordered to reinstate a sacked employee after an employment tribunal found it...

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James Toop to leave Ambition School Leadership and Institute for Teaching

The chief executive of education charity Ambition School Leadership is to step down after eight years in the job,...

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Unconditional offers could be illegal, regulator warns

Universities that use controversial unconditional offers to “put pressure” on school pupils could be breaking the law, the higher...

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Steiner free school vows to fight ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating in court

Governors of a Steiner free school branded ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted have vowed to fight the rating in the High...

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Freddie Whittaker
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School league tables: The best and worst-performing MATs, and other findings

New figures published by the government today reveal how well the country’s multi-academy trusts are performing. The Department for...

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School league tables: 346 secondaries below floor standards in 2018

The number of secondary schools falling below the government’s “floor standard” fell last year, but only after the results...

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Freddie Whittaker
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‘Don’t answer emails outside office hours’, education secretary tells teachers

The government will spend £10 million supporting the use of education technology in schools, Damian Hinds will announce today,...

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Government to review counter-terrorism Prevent duty

The government has announced an independent review of its anti-extremism programme “Prevent”, which has received thousands of referrals of...

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Four fifths of NEU members ‘prepared to strike’ over school funding

An indicative ballot of members of England’s largest teaching union has revealed an appetite for industrial action over school...

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Freddie Whittaker