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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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Freddie Whittaker
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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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Freddie Whittaker
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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
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David Meller takes ‘leave of absence’ from his own academy trust

David Meller, the organiser of the disgraced Presidents Club charity dinner, is taking a “leave of absence” from the...

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Freddie Whittaker
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David Meller resigns from DfE board following Presidents Club allegations

David Meller, the co-chair of the controversial Presidents Club charity dinner that has been rocked by allegations of sexual...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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MPs demand DfE director David Meller’s resignation over Presidents Club allegations

David Meller, a non-executive director at the Department for Education, is under growing pressure to resign from his role...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Hinds: Carillion school building projects ‘may need to be re-procured’

A “small number” of school building projects run by Carillion may need to be re-procured, the education secretary has...

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Freddie Whittaker
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DfE director Meller’s ‘Presidents Club’ dinner rocked by sexual harassment allegations

A charity fundraising dinner run by a Department for Education director and academy trust founder has been rocked by...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: RSC’s links to school with severe safeguarding failures

The government faces questions over links between a regional schools commissioner and a school criticised by Ofsted for safeguarding...

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Freddie Whittaker