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Strict traditional teaching methods are ‘pushing oracy out’, says MP

Traditionalist “chalk and talk” pedagogy is pushing oracy skills out of the curriculum to the detriment of poorer pupils,...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Compulsory Saturday lessons could ‘burn out’ teachers, union warns

A school has made it compulsory for some pupils to come in on Saturdays to drive up GCSE results...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Selective sixth form forced to scrap grades threshold after joining trust

A celebrated sixth form with top A-level results has been forced to stop kicking pupils out for low grades...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Government tsar calls energy drinks ‘child protection issue’

There are fresh moves afoot to make energy drinks illegal for anyone under 16, as one school resorts to...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE let two free schools rack up £2 million debts over pupil numbers

Two free schools racked up almost £2 million in debt after the Department for Education repeatedly allowed them to...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Second wave of ‘opportunity area’ plans published: What do schools need to know?

The education secretary Damian Hinds has released delivery plans for the government’s next six “opportunity areas”, after publishing the...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Sixth form with ‘dodgy’ legal status joins City of London Academies Trust

A sixth form investigated for being “unlawful” has finally become official nearly four years after it was told it...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Harris to move alternative provision pupils to new vocational school site

Harris has announced plans to move its Aspire AP academy, which caters for pupils at risk of exclusion, onto...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Confusion reigns over secretive ‘selective schools team’

Confusion reigns over whether there is a specific team for grammar schools at the Department for Education. Officials are...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg