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RSC guide: Vicky Beer, Lancashire and West Yorkshire

It’s been two years since the first regional schools commissioners and their headteacher boards were appointed. To keep you...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Primary test leak report warns of future errors

An investigation into the Standards and Testing Agency following the leak of test papers online has found resource constraints...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Grammar schools could lose selective status for missing poor pupils target

Existing grammar schools could lose their selective status or have funding limited if they don’t admit more pupils from...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Tutor-proof 11-plus test is ‘Holy Grail’, claims minister

The establishment of a tutor-proof 11-plus test is the ‘Holy Grail’ for grammar schools, Nick Gibb has claimed. The...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Campaign demands support for speaking skills after teachers describe training ‘barriers’

A campaign calling for greater emphasis on the development of spoken communication skills in schools has been launched after...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Comprehensive heads reject grammar schools plan

Opposition to the government’s grammar schools plan is building among headteachers in both selective and non-selective areas on the...

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Opinion

So it’s goodbye to the Education for All bill… or is it?

New laws forcing more schools to become academies will not happen in this academic year. That’s about the only...

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Freddie Whittaker
News

New free schools chief resets Cameron’s target

The government would need to triple the average number of free schools opened each year to meet higher targets...

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Freddie Whittaker
News

Union website predicts budget cuts for every school in England

A new interactive website which purports to calculate the cuts faced by every school in England has been launched –...

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Freddie Whittaker