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Nick Gibb summoned to grammar schools ‘evidence check’ hearing

The schools minister Nick Gibb and several leading academics have been summoned to an ‘evidence check’ hearing on the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Nationality data won’t be included in National Pupil Database, says minister

Pupils’ nationality and country of birth data will not be included in the national pupil database (NPD) following a...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trusts wanting cash to grow ‘rejected’ by DfE

Cash handouts to help academy trusts expand are not reaching all the chains that want them, says a senior...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE refuses to release pupil nationality data agreement

The government has refused to release a new agreement that prevents the Department for Education from passing pupil nationality...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Justine Greening announces primary assessment changes

Justine Greening has just announced a series of changes to primary assessment in a statement to Parliament. Here is...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Nottingham schools cap teacher workload at ‘2 hours per night’

A cap on the amount of work teachers can complete “in their own time” is being pioneered in Nottingham...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Shadow education team has the right experience, says Labour

Labour’s new education team is “rooted in the real world”, says shadow education secretary Angela Rayner in an apparent...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Chief of trust under investigation attacks EFA

The leader of an academy trust under investigation by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) has launched a scathing attack...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Expanding selection could increase racial tensions, warn peers

The reintroduction of grammar schools is a “lethal” policy that could strike a “tinderbox” under divided communities, peers have warned...

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Freddie Whittaker