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Nominations open for RSC headteacher board elections

The nomination process to elect headteachers and academy trust bosses onto influential boards that advise regional schools commissioners has...

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EEF: Debate-style teaching boosts pupils’ progress

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has released the findings from four programmes aimed at improving pupil grades – with...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Home education doubles, with schools left to ‘pick up pieces’ when it fails

The number of pupils leaving school to be educated at home has almost doubled over the past six years,...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Academy boss: 20 schools is ‘too small’ for a multi-academy trust

Twenty schools is “too small” for a multi-academy trust because they will not be able to fund the training...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Grammar supporters ‘wrong’ to think reasoning paper can’t be learned, says neuroscientist

People who say it is fairer to test pupils on non-verbal reasoning for grammar school entrance are “completely wrong”...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Schools must plan curriculum and be able to show inspectors, says Harford

Schools will need to show they have “designed” their curriculum and whether it helps pupils to be upwardly socially...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Detentions are a kind of ‘violence’ against pupils, says expert

Detentions were “a kind of violence” against pupils, said a conflict expert during a heated panel debate on pupil...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Pupils who are extreme internet users more likely to be bullied, report warns

Pupils who use the internet to “extreme” levels are more likely to be being bullied, a new report shows....

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Jess Staufenberg
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Schools warned to expect drop in rate of English literature top grades

Schools can expect a lower proportion of their pupils to get top grades in their English Literature GCSE this...

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Jess Staufenberg