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Educational psychologists stripped from schools

A decline in the number of educational psychologists working with schools has prompted calls for a shake-up of funding....

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Freddie Whittaker
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Treasury claws back £384m academy conversion funding

More than £380 million of a £600 million pot for building capacity in the academies system has been clawed...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teaching apprenticeships: the new school direct?

Ministers are drawing up plans for an apprenticeship route into teaching that could replace current on-the-job training schemes, Schools...

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Freddie Whittaker
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No council cash for new free schools in Manchester

Manchester City Council is refusing to budget for three of the four free schools due to open in the...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted ‘fatally neglecting’ PSHE and sex education, say humanists

Ofsted inspectors have been accused of “fatally neglecting” the scrutiny of PSHE and sex education in schools after a...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers review incentives and consider ‘toughening Ofsted’ over school career advice

Incentives for schools to offer better careers advice will be reviewed and tougher Ofsted guidance considered as the government...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Russell Hobby to step down as NAHT general secretary

The general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, Russell Hobby, will stand down from the role this...

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Freddie Whittaker
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‘I’ve cut teaching to the bare bones’ – heads tell MPs of agonising cuts

Headteachers have told MPs of the agonising cuts faced by their schools as rising costs and flat funding levels...

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More post-16 free schools planned to aid maths A-level take-up

Ministers want more post-16 specialist free schools to open across the country in order to help address regional imbalances in...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker