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Half of young teachers planning to leave within 5 years

Poor management and unreasonable demands from school leaders have prompted around half of young teachers to consider leaving the...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Vote on boycott of primary tests postponed

A vote on whether to ballot members of the National Union of Teachers for a boycott of primary school...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour would ‘restore’ local education authorities & ‘fully-fund’ schools

A Labour government will “restore the role of the local education authority”, the shadow chancellor John McDonnell has pledged,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NUT preps for legal action against ‘grammar streams’

The National Union of Teachers has written to several schools and multi academy trusts running ?’grammar streams’ as it...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Greening defends grammars in speech about ‘ordinary working class’ children

The education secretary Justine Greening will today defend grammar schools in a major speech, claiming that selective schools already...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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ATL votes to explore boycott of primary tests

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has voted to explore a boycott of all primary assessment, despite the government’s...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Don’t risk children’s potential with grammar school expansion, Bousted warns

Justine Greening risks squandering the “talents and potential” of children and condemning them to a sense of self “undermined...

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Freddie Whittaker
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111 new free schools: The complete list

Justine Greening has today announced the approval of 111 new free schools. For the full story, click here. Below is...

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Grammar school among sponsors for 111 new free schools

The education secretary Justine Greening has approved 111 new free schools, including one sponsored by a grammar school and...

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Freddie Whittaker