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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...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Consider scrapping KS2 teacher-marked writing tests, says Ofsted director

The government should consider scrapping teacher assessments of writing at key stage 2, a senior Ofsted official has said....

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Schools in six more areas to get ‘opportunity’ funding

The government will extend its ‘opportunity areas’ programme to fund schools and councils in six more places – claiming it will...

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Check job applicants’ school background, MPs tell employers

Employers should judge the educational attainment of job applicants in the context of their schools’ average performance scores to...

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Sixth form funding ‘tight’, admits Nick Gibb

In a departure from the government’s usual firm dismissals on a lack of funding, Nick Gibb has admitted that...

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Ministers confirm sugar tax will be ringfenced for school sports

Ministers have confirmed that funding from a tax on sugary soft drinks will continue to be ring-fenced for school...

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Human rights charity warns headteachers over pupil nationality data collection

The human rights charity Liberty will write to every headteacher in England to demand better information for parents over...

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Flooded schools need millions to relocate

Schools repeatedly damaged by flooding are mounting multi-million pound bids to move to new sites. The Department for Education...

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Freddie Whittaker