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Educating Greater Manchester school Harrop Fold placed in special measures

Harrop Fold, the Salford secondary school that featured in the Channel 4 documentary Educating Greater Manchester, has been placed...

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Number of schools investigated over SATs maladministration rises to almost 600

The number of investigations into maladministration of primary school tests increased to almost 600 in 2017, new data out...

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Pornography and LGBT issues missed out in sex education, poll finds

More than half of older teenagers think schools should spend more time on relationships and sex education and cover...

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Academy trust bailed out by government over pensions delay

A struggling academy trust relied on a government bailout to ensure it could pay pension contributions, it has been...

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DfE finally adds detail to secretive headteacher board minutes

The government has begun to lift the lid on decisions made by its secretive headteacher boards, but officials want...

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Music hub inconsistencies reveal funding ‘postcode lottery’

The government has been warned its preference for smaller-scale hub projects instead of larger injections of revenue funding is...

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Teach First sharpens recruitment focus as DfE considers its future

The teacher-training charity Teach First has launched a substantial shake-up of its operations, amid doubts over the future of...

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NHS: 1 in 8 pupils has a mental health disorder

One in eight school-age children had an identified mental disorder last year, the first new data on the subject...

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New ‘aspects of engagement’ assessment to replace P-scales

The government has announced that a new testing approach to measure the attainment of pupils with complex disabilities will...

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Freddie Whittaker