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DfE silent on grammar schools consultation response omissions

The Department for Education is refusing to name the 16 campaign groups whose responses to the grammar school consultation...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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UTC@Harbourside is the ninth UTC to close

Another university technical college will close next year, taking the total to nine. UTC@Harbourside, based in Newhaven in East...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Public accounts chair wants schools to publish clearer financial information online

Schools should have to publish more financial information about themselves on their websites to make it easier for parents...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Nicky Morgan calls for return of character education grants

The government should resurrect its programme of character education awards and grants, Nicky Morgan has said. The former education...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exposed: The Downing Street teacher reception where academies reigned supreme

A Downing Street reception for school teachers hosted by the prime minister last month was an “ideological love-in” at...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted right to consider separate behaviour judgment, says Nicky Morgan

The former education secretary Nicky Morgan has backed a proposal to have Ofsted inspectors award schools a specific mark...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New editor appointed at Schools Week

Schools Week is proud to announce the appointment of John Dickens, its former chief reporter, as its new editor. Dickens...

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Freddie Whittaker
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DfE: Schools ‘must no longer request’ pupil nationality data

Schools have been instructed to stop collecting data on their pupils’ nationality and country of birth, after the controversial...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Damian Hinds resolutely silent on school funding

The education secretary Damian Hinds has clashed with MPs on school funding, after he refused to say how much...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker