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Government considers PISA tests for 5 year olds

The government is considering taking part in a pilot of tablet-based tests for some of the youngest children in...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers consider new ‘national selection test’ to replace 11-plus

Ministers are considering a new “national selection test” to replace the 11-plus, with a ‘selective education team’ led by...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Greater Manchester is seventh UTC to announce closure

The Greater Manchester University Technical College (UTC) will close at the end of this year, becoming the seventh of...

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Freddie Whittaker
Features

Mike Kane, MP, Shadow schools minister

It’s Holocaust Memorial Day and parliament’s Central Lobby is bustling with school groups and easily recognised faces. Mike Kane,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Department for Education indefinitely delays move to new offices

The Department for Education’s plan to save £19 million a year by moving offices has been indefinitely postponed, Schools...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Top DfE civil servant blames poor communication for an accounting blunder

The Department for Education’s top civil servant has admitted that better communication could have solved an administrative error that...

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Freddie Whittaker
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‘Superhead’ Jo Shuter has teaching ban overturned

A superhead who was banned from teaching for life over her expenses can now return to the classroom after...

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Freddie Whittaker
News

Roll pupil premium into national funding formula, say experts

Key architects of the government’s new national funding formula have suggested the pupil premium could be rolled into core...

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Freddie Whittaker
News

Governors in West Sussex plan strike over school funding

Plans for the first “strike” of school governors have prompted a warning about the morale of volunteers who are...

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Freddie Whittaker