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Postcode lottery of delayed summer-born admissions continues

Parents of summer-born pupils still face a postcode lottery of admissions rules if they try to delay when their...

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Campaign group ‘exploring legal action’ over grammar schools expansion plan

Campaigners who oppose the expansion of academic selection are “exploring the possibility of legal action” over government plans to encourage...

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£4m cuts ‘will threaten’ deaf pupils’ performance

The support provided to deaf children in schools will be cut by around £4 million this year, a charity...

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Exam boards to check teacher-examiners’ lesson plans

Some teachers who help to write exams will have samples of their lesson plans checked by exam boards under...

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Research row over Norfolk boarding school scheme for kids in care

Claims that boarding schools can “transform” the prospects of vulnerable young people have been called into question after the...

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‘Strengthened’ QTS proposals will cost at least £336 million

Schools need at least £336 million more per year to pay for the government’s proposed changes to teacher induction,...

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Private schools will report annually on their work with state schools

The organisation representing some of the country’s most prestigious private schools will have to report every year on how...

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Grammar school coffers drained by ‘test tourism’ as pushy parents use 11-plus as mock exam

Grammar schools are wasting thousands of pounds because pushy parents from other areas are using their entry exams as...

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Faith school ordered to address ‘significant’ failings in admissions appeals

A faith school criticised for the way it handled an appeal from a pupil to whom it refused a...

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Jess Staufenberg