Politics

Daniel Kebede elected as NEU general secretary

He will succeed Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney in September

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Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Home education soars in the wake of the pandemic

Analysis estimates 125,000 children are now educated at home across England

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Freddie Whittaker
Schools

School workload crisis exposed in leaked DfE report

Government faces questions about why landmark 'working lives' survey still hasn't been published

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Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Don’t use ‘gaming’ Ofsted inspection ‘trackers’, Gibb tells schools

Liberal Democrats call for inquiry after DfE dodges questions about its knowledge of 'unethical' early warning systems

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Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

NAHT: Industrial action ‘will be necessary’ if members reject offer

Leaders' union chief says government's pay offer is 'inadequate' and lacks 'sufficient funding'

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Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Ministers target groups of failing academies in regulation crackdown

Review pledges to explore 'greater use' of intervention powers to tackle underperformance in academy trusts

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Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

Teacher strikes: Unions receive pay offer as DfE talks conclude

Pay offer includes £1k one-off payment for this year and 4.3% rise for most teachers in 2023-24, but union...

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Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Free schools to open in areas with growing surplus places

Findings 'demonstrate the need for a more coherent system', say council chiefs, but trusts say schools still needed

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Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted was aware of ‘gaming’ school inspection alerts

But watchdog refuses to say if it has acted to curb systems that monitor web hits to predict visits

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Freddie Whittaker