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Just six areas meet government’s grammar school criteria (and they aren’t in deprived places)

Just six areas meet government criteria for new grammar schools, according to a study published today, that found the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Child refugees: One school’s international solution for new arrivals

While schools and councils across the country deal with the challenge of mid-term arrivals, officials in the London borough...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools prepare for arrival of ‘hundreds’ of child refugees

Schools are being told to prepare for the arrival of hundreds of child refugees over the coming months following...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Just about managing’ pupils significantly under-represented in grammar schools, claims Sutton Trust

The children of families who are ‘just about managing’ are “significantly under-represented” in grammar schools, the Sutton Trust has...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE hires grammar school critic as head of strategy and social mobility

The Department for Education has appointed Emran Mian, the director of the Social Market Foundation think tank and a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teacher pay: 1 per cent rise will cost schools £250m, warns government

An increase in teachers’ pay of just 1 per cent would cost schools an additional £250 million next year,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Minister to ‘accelerate’ proposals for changes to sex education

Ministers have suggested that sex and relationships education could be made statutory in schools through upcoming legislation due early...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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RSC Guide: Janet Renou, the North of England

When Janet Renou gave her first interview to Schools Week in 2014, just 13 per cent of schools in...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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RSC Guide: Christine Quinn, West Midlands

Christine Quinn is the newest regional schools commissioner, filling the shoes of Pank Patel who presided over significant growth...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker