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Leaked list reveals winners of Teaching and Leadership Innovation Fund

A collaboration between academy chain heavyweights to set up a higher education institution to train expert teachers has won...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government presses on with non-graduate teaching apprenticeship

Ministers are pressing ahead with proposals for an apprenticeship that would allow non-graduate teaching assistants to become qualified teachers,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Private schools rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted reach seven-year high

The proportion of private schools rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted has reached a seven-year high, official statistics reveal. New Ofsted...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Smith review: Not enough capacity for maths to 18

Schools and colleges do not currently have the capacity to teach all pupils maths until they are 18, but...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Heads told to expect end to ‘secure fit’ writing test model from 2017-18

Headteachers across England have been advised to anticipate an end to the current “secure fit” model for teacher assessments...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Overdue debts double, and 4 other interesting things from the EFA’s annual accounts

The Education Funding Agency has published its annual report and accounts. Here are some of the more interesting findings…...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Technical tweak means EBacc target is actually delayed by SEVEN years

A technical change to the government’s target for the proportion of pupils studying the EBacc subjects means that ministers...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Government EBacc consultation response – the 8 main points

The government has finally published its response to the consultation on the EBacc performance measure. Here are its main...

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Freddie Whittaker
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It’s official: 90 per cent EBacc target pushed back 5 years

The government’s ambition to have 90 per cent of pupils studying the full slate of EBacc subjects by 2020...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker