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Nick Gibb stays as schools minister in May reshuffle

Nick Gibb will continue as the minister for school standards after a minor reshuffle of the Department for Education...

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Grammars advocate resigns as PM’s adviser

Nick Timothy, a key adviser to the prime minister and former director of the New Schools Network, has resigned from...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Election 2017: Education’s winners and losers

One of the most eventful election campaigns in decades has resulted in significant changes to the line-up of MPs...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Education committee chair Neil Carmichael loses seat as Justine Greening clings on

The former chair of the education select committee Neil Carmichael has lost his seat in parliament in one of...

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Election night 2017: The constituencies to watch if you work in education

It’s been one of the most eventful and uncertain election campaigns in recent history, and now it’s almost over. The...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Bookies predict education MPs heading back to parliament

Most of the politicians who had the top education jobs in the last parliament look set to return as...

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One in five schools face disruption as voters go to the polls

One in five of England’s schools are expected to experience disruption or closure today as the country goes to the...

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Death of 4-year-old boy prompts calls for review of schools’ absence approach

A coroner has told ministers to take action on the systems schools use to deal with unexpected absences, following the death...

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2017 scaled scores for key stage 1 tests published

The Department for Education has released the marks pupils needed in last month’s key stage 1 tests to achieve...

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