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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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
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Teach safe sex to protect boys from cancer-causing HPV, says union

Boys are not being protected from the cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) infection because of a lack of medical intervention...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Snapchat and Facebook make it easier for pupils to abuse each other, teachers warn

Teachers have warned that social media apps, such as Snapchat and Facebook, are making it easier for pupils to...

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Freddie Whittaker