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A third of EAL pupils are fluent in English

A third of pupils with English as an additional language are fluent in it, according to new data from...

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DfE to pay £10m for checks on school leader qualifications

The government is looking for a company to check the quality of new national professional qualifications for teachers, and...

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Manchester Creative Studio School faces closure

A studio school in Manchester plagued with financial and performance problems since it opened in 2014 faces closure after...

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Floreat and Avanti Trust seek to merge

An academy trust founded by a minister is considering a merger with another chain after it admitted that it...

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Carter and Agnew at education committee: 6 things we learned

The parliamentary education committee spent almost two hours grilling the national schools commissioner Sir David Carter and the academies...

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Government funding boss orders academy trusts to justify executive pay

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has written to the trustees of academy trusts with just one school that...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Careers strategy: The 4 main proposals for schools

The government has published details of its long-awaited careers strategy. Here are the main proposals for schools. 1. Dedicated...

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Careers strategy: Schools to get designated ‘careers leaders’

Schools will get funding to train new designated “careers leaders”, the government has announced in its long-awaited careers strategy....

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Cumbria Police looking into Bright Tribe academy trust

Police are looking into the activities of the Bright Tribe academy trust. Cumbria Constabulary has confirmed that it is...

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Freddie Whittaker