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Politicians to discuss lack of creative arts subjects in EBacc

Politicians will discuss the lack of creative subjects in the government’s new EBacc after a drama teacher’s petition was...

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Reading Council responsible for academies’ GCSE performance, Ofsted says

Ofsted has taken aim at Reading Council over GCSE results, despite the fact three quarters of secondary schools in...

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School leaders back plan to help teachers with mortgage deposits

A call for help with teachers’ mortgage deposits and for closer work between schools has been backed by school...

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Schools could be forced to report parents who boycott SATs

School leaders may be forced to report parents who purposely keep their children at home during this summer’s SATs,...

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Schools should guide pupils to engineering careers

The influence of teachers over their pupils’ career choices should be “explicitly recognised” and “actively promoted” by government in...

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Primary teachers should spend less time marking maths, schools told

Maths teachers should focus less on marking and more on lesson planning, the organisation that represents the subject at a...

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Pupils denied mental health services for insufficiently ‘complex’ conditions

Young people who miss school as a result of their mental health are being turned away from services because...

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Baseline tests: Government abandons progress measure over lack of comparability

Controversial primary school baseline tests will not be used to track school performance, the government has announced. Following a comparability study,...

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Scrap national curriculum at 14 and take careers responsibility from schools, say Lords

The national curriculum should be scrapped for pupils over 14 and responsibility for careers advice taken away from schools,...

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