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Ministers won’t publish details of £35m savings found by its cost-cutting consultants

The Department for Education has refused to release any details about the £35 million of savings its new cost-cutting consultants...

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New Year’s Honours 2019: Global Teacher Prize winner Andria Zafirakou to receive the MBE

An award-winning teacher who learned the basics in many of the languages spoken in her London school in order...

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School told to ‘engage fully’ with DfE cost-saving tools or face funding termination

An academy in Northumberland has been told it must use cost-saving resources provided by the government or face having...

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Schools targeted with fake Ofsted banners over ‘inadequate’ LGBT sex and relationships education

Dozens of schools in London have been targeted with fake Ofsted banners by youth activists as part of a...

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Ofsted wins appeal against Durand Academy High Court ruling

Ofsted has won its appeal against a decision by the High Court to quash its negative report into the...

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Two thirds of academy trusts have below-average results for disadvantaged pupils

Two in three academy trusts are under-performing with regard to poorer pupils, a new report has found. New research...

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DfE paid £9k for minister’s business class trip to Argentina

The academies minister Lord Agnew and three advisers were flown to Argentina this summer at a cost of more...

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2021 key stage 2 SATs will clash with Eid, DfE reveals

It “may be appropriate” for schools to vary their SATs timetables in 2021 because the test week is set...

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Government names first 25 areas to get school ‘mental health support teams’

Schools in 25 English areas will be the first to receive help from new mental health support teams. The...

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