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DfE spent £115m on doomed free schools, UTCs and studio schools

The Department for Education spent more than £115 million on free school projects that went on to fail, new...

Freddie Whittaker
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Relationships and sex education: What should schools do?

Draft statutory guidance on the new relationships and sex education curriculum has finally been published. The 38-page document sets...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Heads will decide if pupils can be withdrawn from sex education

It will be up to headteachers to decide whether their pupils can withdraw from sex education in their schools...

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Freddie Whittaker
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‘I’m sorry’: Bright Tribe founder Michael Dwan apologises to Whitehaven

Michael Dwan, the founder of the controversial Bright Tribe Trust, has apologised for the problems faced by Cumbria’s troubled...

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Freddie Whittaker
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DfE received six applications for social mobility tsar job by original deadline

Just six people applied to become the government’s new social mobility tsar by the original deadline, prompting ministers to...

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Freddie Whittaker
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National Education Union staff to strike on July 19

Up to 200 members of staff at the National Education Union will go on strike this Thursday. The GMB...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Confirmed: Compulsory relationships and sex education delayed until 2020

Compulsory relationships and sex education will not be extended to all schools until 2020, it has been confirmed. The...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Educating Greater Manchester head Drew Povey Suspended

Drew Povey, the headteacher featured in the hit TV series Educating Greater Manchester, has been suspended, according to local...

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Freddie Whittaker
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New sponsor and ‘substantial capital programme’ confirmed for struggling Whitehaven Academy

The Cumbria Education Trust (CET) has been given leave to take on the troubled Whitehaven Academy in Cumbria, more...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker