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More pupils miss out on preferred primaries in high-demand areas

Fewer youngsters have been offered a place at any of their preferred schools in September, an analysis of the...

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Teachers face going unpaid over summer holidays as five trusts plan notice-period change

Up to five academy trusts are at loggerheads with unions over their plans to shake up teachers’ pay and...

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12,500 youngsters to be offered places in ‘stuck schools’, warns NSN

Around 12,500 youngsters are set to be offered places at primary schools that haven’t been rated ‘good’ in over...

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DfE to fund free sanitary products in primary schools

The government will “fully fund” free sanitary products in all primary schools, the Department for Education has announced. But...

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Half of schools start GCSEs in year 9, NFER survey suggests

Around half of schools start teaching GCSE content when pupils are still in year 9, while some teach the...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Attainment falls and absence rises among looked-after pupils

GCSE grades among looked-after pupils fell last year and absence rates rose, new data shows. New statistics published this...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Squeeze more cash for schools out of housing developers, DfE tells councils

Councils have been issued with new guidance to help them negotiate financial contributions from housing developers when their work...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Let councils ‘scrutinise’ school approaches to exclusions, says Halfon

The chair of the parliamentary education committee has demanded extra powers for councils to scrutinise schools’ approach to exclusions....

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Ex-prosecutor could step in to mediate LGBT education protests

A former leading prosecutor has offered to intervene in a bitter dispute over the teaching of LGBT education in...

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Jess Staufenberg