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£26m up for grabs to run breakfast clubs in 1,500 schools

The hunt is on for an organisation to deliver breakfast clubs in 1,500 schools located in disadvantaged areas as...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

Jamie Oliver: Delayed ‘healthy schools rating’ should be compulsory

A voluntary rating system for healthy schools which the government has committed to rolling out in primary schools should be...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Greening’s taking education back to the 80s

This time last year, education was going back to the 1950s with grammar schools as the idea in vogue....

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Features

Lewis Iwu, former director, Fair Education Alliance

Last year, when the grammar schools policy flooded media channels, Lewis Iwu stepped up to speak on radio, television...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

Greening reveals projects in first 6 ‘opportunity areas’

Independent partnership boards will be set up to boost children’s attainment in six of the government’s ‘opportunity areas’, according...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

Leeds Trinity and Hertfordshire University to create teacher ‘degree apprenticeships’

Two universities will receive government funding to develop a teacher ‘degree apprenticeship’, as hinted by Justine Greening in her...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Features

Mark Lehain, Director of Parents and Teachers for Excellence

Standing in line at the Café Nero one street down from the Department for Education, a message pops onto...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Why Teaching Apprenticeships are a mess — and how to solve it

Will the government’s new teaching apprenticeships be ‘degree level’ or ‘a degree’? The distinction may not be simple, explains...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

Educating Greater Manchester school can’t convert to academy status due to historic £3m debt

The school featured in a major Channel 4 series this year is struggling with historic debt of over £3...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney