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Charity Commission hands back control of private Christian school after governance investigation

Control of the organisation which runs the Grangewood Independent Primary School in east London has been handed over to new...

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Ministers lobby for change in UTC admission age

The government is lobbying those in charge of controversial university technical colleges to move away from recruitment at 14,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Doubts over DfE’s new pupil data sharing policy

The capacity of the Office for National Statistics to meet a deluge of applications for national pupil database information...

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Hinds: ‘I’m happy with system of multiple exam boards’

Damian Hinds has insisted he is “happy” with England’s system of using multiple exam boards for GCSEs and A-levels,...

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Unions back shadow minister’s food insecurity bill

School leaders have backed an attempt to force the government to collect data on food security, which will hand...

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NASUWT staff to strike over pensions cut

Staff working for the NASUWT teachers’ union will go on strike later this month following a dispute over pensions....

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Opportunity north east programme branded a ‘political gimmick’

The government has been accused of “resorting to a political gimmick” after announcing £24 million in funding will be...

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Ofsted chief ‘horrified’ by accusations of knowledge bias in curriculum review

Amanda Spielman has admitted she was “horrified” at accusations that Ofsted’s recent curriculum review was biased in favour of...

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Spielman: Focus on substance over outcomes will help tackle workload

A shift in focus by Ofsted away from pupil outcomes will help tackle excessive workload in schools, Amanda Spielman...

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Freddie Whittaker