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Budget 2017: What’s in it for schools?

The chancellor Philip Hammond has delivered his budget speech in parliament, announcing a series of measures aimed at improving...

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Budget 2017: Schools to get £600 for extra A-level maths pupils

Schools and colleges will get £600 for every extra pupil who studies maths at A-level under a proposal due...

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Schools not up to the job of finding places for excluded pupils, warns academic

Most schools are not in the “best position” to find alternative provision for their excluded pupils, a leading academic...

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Girls better at working together than boys, PISA study finds

Girls outperform boys when it comes to working together in school, according to a PISA study, which identified an...

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Grammar school establishes ‘unsafe space’ for sexism and gender discussions

The grammar school in Kent that was criticised last year for inviting alt-right media personality Milo Yiannopoulos to address...

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Government faces legal action on pupil nationality data

A campaign group is raising money to take the Department for Education to the High Court over its decision...

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Budget 2017: £100m National Centre for Computing to train 8,000 new teachers

The government will train 8,000 extra computer science teachers at a new £100 million National Centre for Computing, Philip Hammond...

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New figures: 18,000 schools face funding cuts

Education unions have revised upwards their predictions for the number of schools facing funding cuts to almost 18,000. The...

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Revealed: The government’s definition of a ‘coasting’ school in 2017

The Department for Education has published its definition of “coasting” schools in 2017. Schools defined as coasting by the...

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Freddie Whittaker