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School heavyweights join board as CentreForum becomes Education Policy Institute

A prominent think tank set up by the Liberal Democrats will abandon its political links and focus exclusively on...

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Publish performance data for schools commissioners, says Sir David Carter

Performance data for the eight regional schools commissioners should be published “in the spirit of transparency”, Sir David Carter...

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No legal duty for schools to deal with sexism

Schools will not be given a new legal duty to identify and deal with sexism because it is “not...

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Strike ballots in 7 schools after academy chain SPTA ditches creative subjects and cuts jobs

A curriculum restructure at seven secondary schools in Yorkshire and the Humber will lead to more than 88 jobs...

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ARK Chair, union general secretary and 7 academy leaders get gongs in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Academy trust leaders have  again topped the Queen’s birthday honours list, with ARK chair Paul Marshall (above, centre) and...

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And the Queen’s Birthday Honours Sweepstake winner is….

No one! Sadly, the hot-take edupolicy nerds asked to lay the initial bets from which we devised the honours...

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£1 billion spent on teacher bursaries – but no one knows if they work, says spending watchdog

Almost £1 billion will have been spent on bursaries for new teachers by next year, but their effectiveness has...

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Teachers are ‘victim-blaming’ and need sexism training, MPs told

Teachers are “victim-blaming” pupils and often dismiss sexual harassment as “horseplay” because they lack the training and skills necessary...

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Wilshaw: Education in East Midlands ‘distinctly second-division’

The East Midlands is the “worst-performing region in the country”, where education for thousands of pupils is “distinctly second-division”,...

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