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NAO report on STEM skills: 7 important findings for schools

The National Audit Office has published a wide-ranging report on science, technology, engineering and maths skills. Here are some...

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Carillion, construction firm that works in hundreds of schools, to go into liquidation

A firm that provides facilities maintenance, cleaning and catering services to hundreds of schools is to go into liquidation,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Head of unregistered private school banned from teaching over safeguarding concerns

The head of an unregistered private school in Birmingham has been banned from teaching after inspectors repeatedly raised safeguarding issues...

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Damian Hinds: The new sheriff in town

Damian Hinds, the Oxford-educated MP for East Hampshire, is the new education secretary, after a reshuffle that saw Justine...

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Damian Hinds pays tribute to Justine Greening as he meets DfE staff

The new education secretary has lauded his predecessor Justine Greening today, as he met staff at the Department for...

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Durand’s legal fees trebled in 2017, accounts reveal

Accounts of the troubled Durand Academy Trust show the organisation almost trebled its legal and professional fees in 2017....

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Freddie Whittaker
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Nadhim Zahawi becomes education minister

Nadhim Zahawi, the MP for Stratford-upon-Avon has become an education minister in today’s reshuffle. Downing Street has confirmed that...

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Nick Gibb remains schools minister following reshuffle

Nick Gibb will continue to serve as schools minister following Theresa May’s front bench reshuffle. The MP for Bognor...

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Toby Young quits Office for Students to ‘get on’ with free schools work

Toby Young, the journalist and free schools advocate, has resigned from his new role on the board of the...

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Freddie Whittaker