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Former minister Robert Halfon elected as education select committee chair

Robert Halfon, a former education minister and staunch critic of the prime minister, has been elected as chair of...

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‘Broadly feasible’ to rate governors on nine metrics, study finds

It is possible to judge the quality of school governing bodies and boards based on nine specific metrics, an...

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£2.2m for 11 new research schools takes total to 22

Eleven schools across England will split a pot of more than £2 million to become new research hubs, Justine...

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Teachers’ pay cap maintained at 1% for 2017-18

Pay rises for teachers will remain capped at 1 per cent on average in 2017-18, the government has confirmed....

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Reform grammar schools or pull their funding, senior MP tells ministers

Ministers are under pressure to reform grammar schools or pull their funding after new government data showed that the...

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Investigation: Schools face postcode lottery in free school meals take-up

Figures released last week reveal that registration for means-tested free school meals – which is linked to pupil premium...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Six MPs stand for election as education committee chair

Six Conservative MPs, including three former education ministers, have been nominated to stand for election to chair the House...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Teachers turn to think tanks over DfE for schools research

School leaders and teachers are more likely to rely on think tanks for research to help them improve schools,...

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English schools to join pilot of PISA tests for 5 year olds

Schools in England will take part in a pilot of tablet-based tests for five-year-olds, the Department for Education has announced....

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Freddie Whittaker