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Sadiq Khan urged to intervene over London’s ‘special needs timebomb’

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan is under pressure to take action over the capital’s “special needs timebomb”. The...

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A third of schools start GCSEs in year nine, and 10 other things we learned from the DfE’s school snapshot survey 2017

An extensive survey of hundreds of school leaders and teachers has been published by the government, six months after...

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Freddie Whittaker
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DfE publishes delayed ‘workload reduction toolkit’

The Department for Education has finally published its “workload reduction toolkit”, the day after most schools broke up for...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Relationships, sex and health education consultation opens

Schools have finally been told what they will have to teach in new relationships and sex education lessons, months...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Capita admitted SIMS bug on day it was handed £109m primary testing contract

Outsourcing firm Capita has refused to say when it first became aware of a computer bug that risks corrupting...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Full national funding formula roll-out delayed until 2021

The government’s new national funding formula will not be rolled out fully until 2021 after ministers delayed its implementation...

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Freddie Whittaker
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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...

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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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Heads will decide if pupils can be withdrawn from sex education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...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker