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Top DfE advisor says consultations are never a ‘sham’

Use evidence and examples and avoid insulting ministers or writing “a diatribe” if you want to get yourself heard...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unlikely allies gather in opposition to grammar schools

What do Jeremy Corbyn, Nicky Morgan, the Trades Union Congress, Sir Michael Wilshaw and the Scottish National Party have...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pupil database changes made ‘without debate’

The government is facing calls to release details of the panel that approved plans for schools to gather data...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Justine Greening’s first education select committee: 4 things we learned

Justine Greening, the new education secretary, has faced her first grilling from MPs on the education select committee this...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government ‘taking forward’ academies white paper, Greening confirms

The government remains committed to the idea of all schools becoming academies and is “pulling together” legislation to enact...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Difficult to disentangle’ if teaching is improving, admits Ofqual boss

The exams watchdog Ofqual is struggling to link school exam results to teaching quality, its chief regulator has admitted....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Cross-party MPs: Give schools legal duty to tackle sexual harassment

Schools should be legally required to tackle sexual harassment and sexual violence and inspected on their effectiveness in this area,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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May’s grammar challenge revealed as Conservative MPs voice fears

The true extent of the opposition faced by the government over its plans to allow new grammar schools to open has been revealed...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Greening to unveil grammar schools green paper this afternoon

The government’s green paper on plans for new grammar schools and other school reforms will be laid before Parliament...

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Freddie Whittaker