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Grammar schools could get cash for lowering 11-plus pass mark, and 4 other things we learned from Nick Gibb at education committee

MPs have grilled the schools minister Nick Gibb for almost two hours over the government’s grammar school expansion plans,...

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DfE ditches year 7 ‘catch-up training’ fund before it even opens

A government scheme which promised schools up to £25,000 each to help improve the literacy and numeracy of year...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Nick Gibb to take MPs’ school accountability questions

Nick Gibb will face questions from MPs about curriculum and assessment, teacher recruitment and retention and school accountability next...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Delays to compulsory sex education looking more likely

Compulsory relationships and sex education will now “almost certainly” be delayed until 2020, after the government failed to meet...

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Careers and Enterprise Company begs ‘friends’ for positive tweets following criticism from MPs

Supporters of the Careers and Enterprise Company have been urged to tweet their backing for the under-fire organisation after...

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New maths hubs to open in Cheshire and Lancashire

Two new maths hubs will open in Cheshire and central Lancashire, taking the total number operating nationally to 37....

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Transparency concerns over CEC’s £5m disadvantage fund

The Careers and Enterprise Company faced MPs’ questions over its “giant and confusing” structure and a lack of transparency over...

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Damian Hinds ‘cannot say’ how many new voluntary-aided schools will open

Ministers claim not to know how many new schools will open now it’s easier to found new voluntary-aided institutions....

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Nick Gibb dodges teacher pay funding questions

The schools minister has refused to say whether more cash will be made available for larger pay rises for...

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Freddie Whittaker