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Music is ‘at risk of disappearing’ from schools, research finds

The number of schools offering GCSE and A-level music courses to pupils is in decline, prompting concerns that the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Spending watchdog warns of lack of data on pupil mental health support

A lack of school spending data on mental health means it is not possible to plan support for pupils...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Watchdog chief writes to Hinds with ‘significant concerns’ about DfE’s use of statistics

The head of the statistics watchdog has written to the education secretary to warn of “significant concerns” over the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Hinds defends funding and Ofsted statistics, but admits literacy claims ‘could have been clearer’

The education secretary has defended his department’s use of statistics on school funding and improvement following today’s “humilitating” rebuke...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Hinds announces £24m for the north east following complaints over opportunity areas coverage

The Department for Education will divert £24 million of funding for school improvement and teacher training to the north...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Schools left to pick up the pieces as 1 in 4 pupils turned away from mental health services

Pupils referred to mental health services by their schools are being turned away if they don’t exhibit the same...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Tories disagree over restoring failing academies to councils

Regional schools commissioners should be allowed to rebroker academies back to councils if they can’t find another trust to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ex-Pearson boss Jill Duffy is new OCR chief executive

Jill Duffy, a former senior vice president of Pearson’s schools arm, is the new chief executive of the OCR...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Conference diary: What did we learn from four days with the Conservatives?

After four days of politics but very few policies at the Conservative Party conference, schools are still none the...

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