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Top DfE civil servant appointed as new East of England RSC

Sue Baldwin, a director at the Department for Education, has been appointed as the new regional schools commissioner for...

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John Dickens
News

Police arrests over stolen maths A-level exam papers

Police have arrested two men in connection with an investigation into a stolen Maths A-level exam paper offered for...

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John Dickens
News

MATs dodge recruitment challenges by parachuting teachers into needy schools

Multi-academy trusts are dodging the recruitment crisis by parachuting teachers into schools that would normally struggle to hire, a...

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John Dickens
News

Al-Madinah free school rebrands, but can’t shake financial troubles

A Derby free school trust labelled “chaotic and dysfunctional” has now rebranded, but is still dealing with the financial...

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John Dickens
News

Teachers’ bravery praised as schools unite after Grenfell trauma

The “guts and bravery” of school leaders have been hailed in the aftermath of the Grenfell blaze, as neighbouring...

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John Dickens
Opinion

The latest workforce data shows government should care much more about teacher retention

With a workload problem that has been identified but not addressed, and funding pressures that are biting, are the...

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John Dickens
News

Teachers leaving faster than ever – and 10 other school workforce findings

The Department for Education has published the 2016 School Workforce Census figures this morning. Schools Week has the key...

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John Dickens
News

Poor teenagers more likely to drop university ambitions, study finds

Poor teenagers who are not planning to go to university but who do well in their GCSEs are far...

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John Dickens
News

New teacher rate at lowest in five years, while school vacancies rise

The number of new teachers entering the profession in England has dropped to its lowest rate in five years...

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John Dickens