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Academy head recruits maths teacher from Brooklyn amid concerns that new GCSEs are “too hard”

The head of a north London academy said he was forced to hire a maths teacher from America and...

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Schools won’t be forced to provide wraparound childcare themselves under Morgan’s plans

Schools won’t be forced to provide wraparound childcare themselves and can turn down “unreasonable” requests from parents under new...

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Prime Minister’s speech: Cameron announces Madrassa and Sunday school inspection requirement

Madrassas, Sunday schools, Yeshivas and other religious institutions which teach children “intensively” will have to register and be inspected,...

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Nicky Morgan: Parents get ‘right to request’ schools open for full working day

Schools will be “expected” to accommodate requests for childcare “for a full working day” and in the school holidays...

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Conservative conference: Nicky Morgan union clash over ‘negative picture’ of teaching

Nicky Morgan has clashed with trade unionists at the Conservative Party conference as she accused them of painting a...

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‘No more free schools’, shadow education secretary Lucy Powell tells Labour Conference

There would be “no more free schools” under a future Labour government, Lucy Powell told her party conference as...

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Jeremy Corbyn commits Labour to making schools ‘accountable’ to councils

Labour will make all schools ‘accountable’ to councils, Jeremy Corbyn has announced. In his speech to his party’s conference...

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Government ‘committed’ to universal infant free school meals, Cameron confirms

Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed his government’s commitment to continuing to provide universal infant free school meals. The...

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Labour’s new shadow education secretary Lucy Powell sets out top 3 priorities

Labour’s new shadow education secretary Lucy Powell has used Schools Week’s fringe at her party’s conference in Brighton to...

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