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Government abandons year 3 phonics check after trial prompts workload concerns

The government will not extend its phonics screening check re-takes to year three pupils after a trial run prompted concerns...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted publishes ‘unapproved’ report placing Durand in special measures

The education watchdog Ofsted has apologised after publishing an unapproved inspection report into Durand Academy that placed the beleagured...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Nick Gibb ‘comfortable’ with schools’ approach to cost cutting

The schools minister Nick Gibb has said he is “comfortable” with the way schools are dealing with rising cost...

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Freddie Whittaker
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John Blake appointed education chief at Policy Exchange

A former union activist and founder of the grassroots Labour Teachers website has been appointed as head of education...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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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...

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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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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...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker