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Licence fees to almost double for cash-strapped UTCs

The Baker Dearing Trust is set to double the membership fee that university technical colleges have to pay, meaning...

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Boris Johnson vows to give schools ‘powers they need to deal with bad behaviour’

Prime minister Boris Johnson has pledged today to give schools the “powers they need to deal with bad behaviour...

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John Dickens
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A-level results 2019: 5 key trends in England’s data

A-level results are out! Here’s what we know…   1. Overall performance in England* The proportion of A* and...

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John Dickens
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Exam boards ‘confident’ in maths A-level grades as investigation launched

Exam boards have insisted they are “confident” in the grade boundaries set for A-level maths after Ofqual launched an...

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John Dickens
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Williamson thanks teachers for hard work on A-level results days

New education secretary Gavin Williamson has said teachers should feel “proud of their achievements” as over 200,000 students prepare...

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Labour pledges to ditch predicted grades from university admissions

Labour has pledged to scrap university offers based on predicted grades under a major admissions overhaul. Instead, if the...

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John Dickens
Opinion

Brexit could give schools space to get on with the job – we mustn’t waste this opportunity

Whoever is lucky enough to be education secretary under the new prime minister is going to have to perform...

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MARK LEHAIN and JONATHAN SIMONS
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More trusts in deficit, plus 4 more academy sector accounts findings

The DfE has published its annual accounts for spending in the academies sector during the 2017-18 year. The previous...

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John Dickens
News

Investigation: Fair access? Hundreds of pupils shut out

Hundreds of pupils are failing to secure school places after being turned away by schools during in-year admissions –...

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John Dickens