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Leicester must create 2,200 school places – in just one year

Some councils must expand their school capacity by 12 per cent in the next 18 months to meet demand...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Home Office doesn’t know how many foreign teachers face deportation under new £35k salary rules

Officials are unable to say how many foreign teachers face deportation under new immigration rules that require them to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Six more schools unveiled as research hubs – taking total to 11

Schools in Southport, Suffolk, London, County Durham, Hertfordshire and West Sussex will receive a share of £1.2 million to...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Union boss backs Corbyn’s free meals policy, but demands more school funding

The leader of England’s largest teachers’ union has backed plans by the Labour Party to give free school meals...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Corbyn: I’ll tax private school fees to fund free meals for primary pupils

Jeremy Corbyn will announce tomorrow that a Labour government would extend universal free school meals to all primary school...

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Freddie Whittaker
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UTC that ‘knocked pupils’ aspirations’ put in special measures

A university technical college (UTC) that knocked the confidence and aspirations of pupils after putting them on the wrong...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Union leaders spurn NEU’s merger call

Education unions are not queuing up to join the National Education Union, the new teacher union created by a...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Greening heralds £2.4bn school capital funding, but money isn’t new

The Department for Education has outlined how it will spend £2.4 billion in school capital funding in the coming...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Pupils to book lessons via app at new studio school

An unconventional 14 to 19 school with an eight-hour day, no homework and a system that allows pupils to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker