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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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Labour demands ‘urgent inquiry’ into academy regulation following Bright Tribe scandal

Labour has demanded an “urgent and independent inquiry” into how multi-academy trusts are regulated after an investigation called into...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Hinds backs under-fire Ofsted, and 5 other things we learned at education questions

Ministers from the Department for Education faced a grilling in the House of Commons this afternoon. Damian Hinds took...

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Freddie Whittaker
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National reference test 2019 dates revealed

The national reference test will take place in 350 schools between February 25 and March 8 next year, Ofqual...

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Freddie Whittaker
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JCQ boss to take job at AQA exam board

The head of the Joint Council for Qualifications, the representative body for UK exam boards, is leaving his role...

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Freddie Whittaker
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ResearchED 2018: 5 interesting things we learned

Hundreds of education professionals gathered in London today as ResearchED held its national conference at Harris Academy St John’s...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Bright Tribe investigated over false government funding claims

New trustees at the under-fire Bright Tribe academy trust are investigating allegations that the chain made repeated false claims...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Gibb defends grammar school expansion plans at ResearchED conference

The schools minister Nick Gibb has defended his department’s plans to encourage grammar schools to expand, claiming they will...

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EBacc not to blame for decline in arts subjects, claims minister

The government’s EBacc performance measure is not driving arts subjects out of schools, Nick Gibb claimed today. The schools...

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Freddie Whittaker