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Schools urged to ignore ‘dangerous’ gender guidance

Schools are being urged to ignore “dangerous” new guidance on pupils’ gender from a pressure group. Transgender Trend, an...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Government faces second judicial review over pupil data collection

The Department for Education faces its second legal challenge over the data it collects on school pupils. Months after...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

The new times-tables tests will get no love from teachers

Times-tables are important but the government’s latest test is a complete waste of time for schools, argues Nick Brook....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Times-tables tests for 8 and 9-year-olds to start at 290 primary schools next month

Trials of a new times-tables test for year 4 pupils will begin at around 290 primary schools from next...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Times-tables tests: What do schools need to know?

The government is keen to reassure heads that its new times-tables test won’t become just another stick to beat...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

QTS rule change means 9,000 prospective teachers can retake skills test

At least 9,000 prospective teachers barred from training after failing a skills test three times will be able to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

QTS skills test: Lock-out period and retake charges scrapped

The government is to scrap the controversial lock-out period that currently prevents would-be teachers from retaking the QTS skills...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Yeovil’s St Michael’s Academy hit with financial notice to improve

A junior school in Somerset has been hit with a financial notice to improve from the government after it...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Floreat Brentford Primary free school to close

The sponsor of Floreat Brentford Primary School, a free school in west London, has announced plans to close the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker