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Labour: We’ll make schools ‘accountable’ for off-rolled pupils

The Labour Party will tackle the “national scandal” of off-rolling, an illegal practice that “lets down thousands of young...

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Academy trusts: More than just one bad apple?

A Panorama investigation this week accused the Bright Tribe academy trust of making repeated false claims for building and...

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Freddie Whittaker
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£13m cash pot to entice ‘career changers’ into the classroom

A new multi-million pound government scheme will seek to bring more “career changers” into the classroom. The Department for...

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Labour MP joins millionaire Tory donor to open new free school

Veteran Labour politician Frank Field and high-profile Tory donor David Ross have been granted permission to jointly open a...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England and Wales from September 2018

The new teacher and school leadership pay rates for 2018-19 have been confirmed by the Department for Education. In July, the...

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2017 election caused ‘frustrating’ delays to flagship social mobility policy

The government’s flagship opportunity areas policy was “slow getting going” because of last year’s snap election, according to an...

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Freddie Whittaker
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£18m ‘future talent fund’ cancelled less than a year after it was announced

The government has cancelled a key strand of its social mobility action plan, withdrawing £18 million of funding that...

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£20m grammar school transport scheme quietly shelved

The government has quietly scrapped a £20 million scheme to provide free transport to grammar schools. Nick Gibb, the...

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Funding cuts and bullying hitting Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils, MPs told

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) pupils are being let down in their education because of funding cuts, the lack...

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Freddie Whittaker