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Stoke council to pay trainee maths teacher student loans

Headteachers in a city criticised by Ofsted for failing pupils have secured £1 million of funding to help attract...

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John Dickens
Opinion

Key Stage 1 changes take writing back to the 19th Century

I attended a briefing by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) on February 5 for local authority leaders of...

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John Dickens
News

Anger over exclamation changes to primary writing assessments

Teachers and moderators are up in arms over changes to primary writing assessments that have been labelled as “going...

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John Dickens
News

NAO Teacher Recruitment Report: The 15 key points

The Department for Education estimates £700 million is spent on training new teachers each year – but for the...

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John Dickens
News

DfE under fire for missing recruitment targets as teacher vacancies rocket

The Department for Education has been accused of not doing enough to train new teachers – as the rate...

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John Dickens
News

Young offender institutions could be turned into “secure schools” under new proposals

Young offender institutions could be turned into “secure schools” with a greater focus on education, under new plans being...

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John Dickens
News

Schools keep pupils on-site as alternative provision costs soar

Ofsted has told schools they must do more to protect  vulnerable and disenfranchised pupils – despite new figures showing...

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John Dickens
News

ATL and NUT chiefs coy on potential merger, but admit they will continue to work together “closely”

The general secretaries behind two unions facing rumours of a potential merger have said it could be discussed at...

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John Dickens
News

DfE ends universal infant free meals small school support grant

The government has ended an annual £2,300 grant to help small infant schools fund free meals for their pupils...

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John Dickens