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New academy trust pledges not to hire unqualified teachers

A new sixth form-led academy chain has announced it will only hire qualified or trainee teachers in a bid...

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Labour planning to bring PFI contracts ‘back in house’

Labour would return existing PFI contracts to government control, its shadow chancellor announced today, though some have warned that...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Pupil arrested after school welfare officer stabbed

A woman is being treated in hospital after she was stabbed at a school in Scunthorpe. The 61-year-old, a...

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Almost 9 in 10 schools still face cuts under new funding plans, unions warn

The vast majority of English schools still face real-terms cuts to their budgets under revised government funding plans, teaching...

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Angela Rayner: I want to ‘change’ grammar schools

Angela Rayner has said she wants to change the way grammar schools work, and indicated that proposals to “change”...

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Freddie Whittaker
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INVESTIGATION: Did schools reinvest their money from playing field sales?

Schools are not using money raised from selling playing fields into new sports facilities despite promises to the contrary,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Private school in rare move to re-brand as ‘grammar school’

A private school in the West Midlands has taken the unusual step of rebranding as a “grammar school”, and...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Labour should move on from the academies debate, says Angela Rayner

The Labour Party should “move on” from the debate over academies and focus on campaigning for greater controls over...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Plymouth CAST receives financial notice to improve

One of England’s largest academy chains has been issued with a financial notice to improve by the Education and...

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Freddie Whittaker