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Poorer pupils ‘would miss out under PM’s school funding pledge’

Disadvantaged pupils would miss out on additional money under the prime minister’s pledge to “level up” per-pupil funding for...

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Children in care ‘should only attend good or outstanding schools’

Children in care should only attend ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ schools, the children’s commissioner warned local authorities this week. Anne...

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Kathryn Snowdon
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MPs: Boost school-police links to tackle serious youth violence

Schools in high-risk areas should all have a dedicated police officer in order to tackle an “epidemic” of youth...

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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New social mobility figures ‘a wake up call’ for new PM

New figures showing that efforts to boost social mobility among poorer pupils have stalled should be a “wake-up call”...

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Kathryn Snowdon
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Poor pupils lag 18 months behind peers, and 5 other key findings from the EPI’s annual report

The education disadvantage gap has stopped narrowing for the first time since 2011, presenting a “major setback for social...

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Kathryn Snowdon
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School-led teacher training routes see first fall in numbers for 4 years

The proportion of trainee teachers taking the school-led route has dropped for the first time in four years, new...

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Kathryn Snowdon
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RSC league tables 2017-18: How regional commissioners are performing

Dominic Herrington is the top performing regional schools commissioner (RSC) for the third year in a row, according to...

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Kathryn Snowdon
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Ofsted’s warning as investigation finds most Steiner schools aren’t ‘good’

Ofsted has identified “serious issues” at Steiner schools across England, rating more than three quarters of them as ‘inadequate’...

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Kathryn Snowdon
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Inspections cause teacher stress, and 4 other findings from Ofsted’s wellbeing research

Ofsted has found its own inspections are among a host of reasons for poor teacher wellbeing, according to new...

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Kathryn Snowdon