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‘Superhead’ Jo Shuter has teaching ban overturned

A superhead who was banned from teaching for life over her expenses can now return to the classroom after...

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Roll pupil premium into national funding formula, say experts

Key architects of the government’s new national funding formula have suggested the pupil premium could be rolled into core...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Governors in West Sussex plan strike over school funding

Plans for the first “strike” of school governors have prompted a warning about the morale of volunteers who are...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Government abandons year 3 phonics check after trial prompts workload concerns

The government will not extend its phonics screening check re-takes to year three pupils after a trial run prompted concerns...

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Ofsted publishes ‘unapproved’ report placing Durand in special measures

The education watchdog Ofsted has apologised after publishing an unapproved inspection report into Durand Academy that placed the beleagured...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Nick Gibb ‘comfortable’ with schools’ approach to cost cutting

The schools minister Nick Gibb has said he is “comfortable” with the way schools are dealing with rising cost...

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John Blake appointed education chief at Policy Exchange

A former union activist and founder of the grassroots Labour Teachers website has been appointed as head of education...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Educational psychologists stripped from schools

A decline in the number of educational psychologists working with schools has prompted calls for a shake-up of funding....

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Treasury claws back £384m academy conversion funding

More than £380 million of a £600 million pot for building capacity in the academies system has been clawed...

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Freddie Whittaker