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Parents have ‘duty’ to play with their children, says Tristram Hunt

Parents have a duty to play with and talk to their children, Tristram Hunt has said after warning that school...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

While some children get Apple Watches – others go hungry

Half of my facebook timeline are excited about a £500 Apple Watch; the other half are despairing over news that teachers...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

To Google, or not to Google: that is the question

Exam time is looming. As the weeks of revision draw to an end, thousands of students will soon be...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Tories accuse Hunt of plot to sack 17,000 teachers

Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has been accused by the Tories of plotting to sack up to 17,000 teachers...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

‘Coherent’ upper secondary plan needed before GCSEs can be scrapped, Husbands warns

A “coherent view of routes across upper-secondary” is needed before Labour’s plan to scrap GCSEs can be enacted, Labour...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

100,000 pupils in classes of more than 30, Labour claims

More than 100,000 children are studying in primary school classes with more than the statutory maximum of 30 pupils, Labour...

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Nick Linford
News

Lib Dems pledge to fund extra teachers with education spend at least £2.5bn bigger than rivals

A Liberal Democrat government would put a qualified teacher in every classroom and expand early years education while budgeting...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford