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New buying advice service for schools launched

The government has launched a new advice service for schools to help them get value for money when buying...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Education Services Grant cut: Academies will lose £353m by 2020, DfE forecasts

Academies stand to lose £353 million by 2020 as a result of cuts to the Education Services Grant, official government...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Measure schools by ‘success’ of pupils at 25, says George Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse Partnership

Schools should be measured on the “employability and success” of their pupils when they reach the age of 25,...

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Public accounts committee report on teacher supply: The 7 recommendations

The government is under pressure to reveal more about its efforts to boost teacher recruitment and retention following a...

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Freddie Whittaker
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City Technology Colleges pioneer Sir Cyril Taylor dies aged 82

Sir Cyril Taylor, a pioneer of the City Technology Colleges programme who advised 10 education secretaries and founded the...

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Recruitment crisis: ‘Get a plan by April’ MPs tell government

The government’s “sluggish and incoherent” response to the teacher recruitment and retention crisis is putting schools under increasing pressure, the...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Tributes paid to NFER vice-president David Whitbread, who has died aged 81

David Whitbread, the vice-president of the National Foundation for Education Research, has died at the age of 81. NFER...

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Damian Hinds is ‘carefully considering’ lifting the faith-based admissions cap

The new education secretary is “carefully considering” whether or not to scrap a cap on faith-based admissions to free...

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‘I found it a privilege’ – Greening gives first interview since reshuffle

Justine Greening has spoken of the “privilege” of serving as education secretary, a job she has “always wanted to...

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Freddie Whittaker