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Profile: Steve Mastin, history teacher and co-founder, Opening Worlds

Steve Mastin doesn’t want to talk about politics. That may come as a bit of surprise if you read...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

Teacher training: DfE to scrap school direct fee-funded route

Ministers are also considering rolling the school direct salaried route into their postgrad teaching apprenticeship

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Free school meals change could add thousands to schools’ incomes

Leaders urged to help children previously ineligible due to their parents' immigration status register for support

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted and DfE criticised over lack of data on child sexual abuse

MP fears lack of records will mean 'important patterns and opportunities to introduce improved safeguarding' being missed

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Schools bill, strikes and selection: 8 things we learned from Keegan’s first education committee

The education secretary took questions from MPs this morning

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE teacher jobs board to copy vacancies from trust websites

Free government service working with academy trusts to allow vacancies to be uploaded in bulk

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Sixth form college staff walk out in strike over pay

First national teacher strike in six years launches at post-16 settings as union continues ballot of school staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE pledges £21m to train educational psychologists

Ministers agree extension of current scheme which provides free doctorates for those who agree to work for councils

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted, SEND

Improving councils can get top SEND marks under new inspections

Ofsted amends new framework after complaints its proposals would 'set the bar too high'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker