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Revealed: 73 schools, trusts and councils to split £25m improvement funding

The names of dozens of schools, academy trusts and local authorities that will split a £25 million handout from...

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Freddie Whittaker
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SEND experts demand review of high-needs funding rules

New funding rules will create a “perverse incentive” for schools to “over-identify” pupils as having special educational needs and...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Holiday hunger: Government promises research and pilot projects

The government will not support a draft law to force councils to provide free meals and activities for poor...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ipswich gets new research school as Damian Hinds sets out opportunity area plans

A new research school will be founded in Ipswich, the education secretary will announce today. In his first major...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: Low pupil numbers forced nearly every UTC to hand funding back

Almost all university technical colleges missed their recruitment targets and were overpaid by the government last year, leaving them...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unions demand ‘significant’ pay rise for teachers and heads

A coalition of teaching unions has called for an urgent review of teachers and leaders’ pay, demanding a “cost...

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Freddie Whittaker
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MPs on the warpath over academy trust accountability

The government should publish “scorecards” for academy trusts and base decisions on whether they are allowed to grow both...

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Freddie Whittaker
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DfE under pressure to explain how Carillion collapse affects schools

The new education secretary Damian Hinds is under pressure to release information about the impact of Carillion’s collapse on...

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Freddie Whittaker
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UTCs have ‘failed to establish their position’, spending watchdog says

Many of the government’s multimillion-pound university technical colleges have “failed to establish their position in the educational landscape”, and...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker