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Primary assessment consultation: The 5 key proposals

Education secretary Justine Greening has this morning announced a consultation on a raft of primary school assessment changes –...

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Sending letters to sixth-formers boosts chance of attending top university

Students are more likely to gain a place at the country’s top universities after being sent letters from role...

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ECDL dropped from 2018 league tables – 12 months earlier than planned

The ‘fast-track’ ECDL qualification will be dropped from league tables in 2018 – a year earlier than previously announced....

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Chief executive appointed at DfE’s new £2bn free school property company

Property management consultancy boss Lara Newman MBE has been announced as the chief executive of the Department for Education’s...

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Schools North East launches mock disciplinary hearings amid dwindling LA support

Schools NorthEast is running mock disciplinary hearings to help headteachers to avoid costly employment tribunals in the face of...

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Greenwood Academies Trust set to lose two schools

The Greenwood Academies Trust will be stripped of two schools after Ofsted questioned its ability to drive improvement without...

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Former trust boss’s new private school closes after six months

A private school set up by the founder of a collapsed academy chain has closed six months after it...

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Bennett behaviour review: the 5 policy recommendations

The government has today published its independent review of behaviour in schools. It was commissioned to help identify evidence...

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Heads say ‘no’ to Theresa May’s grammar ‘conversion’ consultation

Two schools on prime minister Theresa May’s doorstep will shun any opportunity to convert to grammars, claiming it would...

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