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Government to step in over supply teacher costs

The government is planning to step in and establish a national pool of ‘trusted’ supply teacher agencies in a...

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Russell Hobby appointed Teach First chief executive

Russell Hobby has been appointed as chief executive of the teacher training charity Teach First. Hobby, currently general secretary...

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Surge in unauthorised term-time holidays after Platt court ruling

The number of children taken out of school without permission for a family holiday rose by a fifth after...

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Governor ‘strike’ over school funding set to go ahead

School governors at more than 20 schools in West Sussex have announced they will go on “strike” this Friday...

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Labour manifesto: Plans to let councils ‘run schools’ dropped

The Labour party has dropped official plans to let councils “open schools”, instead stating it will “oppose any attempt...

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Teacher drop-out rates highest in EBacc subjects, study finds

Drop-out rates for new teachers in key EBacc subjects is “particularly high”, a new analysis has claimed. A National...

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Investigation: Flagship 16-19 free schools under threat

Financial cracks are emerging in the government’s flagship 16-19 free schools as heads face stalling recruitment and “chronic” underfunding....

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Gibb fails to resolve summer-born admissions despite promises

Schools minister Nick Gibb is under fire for “failing to act” nearly two years after promising to stop the...

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Country’s best-paid primary head Sir Craig Tunstall suspended

The country’s best-paid primary headteacher has been suspended from his post as executive headteacher of the Gipsy Hill Federation...

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