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Lucy Powell joins two teachers in education committee line-up

The former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell has been elected to serve on the education select committee alongside two...

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PISA tests for 5-year-olds – organiser defends pilot amid pupil pressure fears

Organisers of the new computer-based PISA tests the UK is to pilot for five-year-olds have hotly denied claims they...

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Bids sought for £10m foreign teacher recruitment drive

The government plans to spend up to £10 million recruiting and training hundreds of foreign physics, maths and languages...

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DfE amends grammar schools research after complaint to stats watchdog

The government has been forced to backtrack on claims it made about the popularity of grammar schools following a...

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Secondary school pupil numbers to rise by a fifth as population bulge hits

A population bulge is expected to send pupil numbers in secondary schools soaring by 19 per cent over the...

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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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