Election 2015: Education policies of all parties so far

Political parties have yet to reveal their manifestos but they have been making pledges in speeches and newspaper articles....

How the DfE will introduce curriculum and qualification change from now on

A finding of the government’s ‘Workload Challenge’ was that sudden changes to curriculum and performance measures caused undue stress...

Government response to education committee report on academies and free schools: the wills and won’ts

The Department for Education has published its response to the education committee’s report on academies and free schools. In...

Tristram Hunt: ASCL Speech Full Text

Tristram Hunt spoke at the ASCL Conference in London today. This is the full text from the planned speech....

West London Free School leaders plan ‘academically rigorous’ school in Oxford

Two assistant headteachers from Toby Young’s West London Free School are planning a free school in Oxford. Laura Mathews...

Pupil who designed new £1 coin was encouraged by his teacher

A Walsall teenager told by his teacher about a competition to design the “tails” side of the new £1...

Budget reveals measures for reducing ‘back-office’ spend in schools

While chancellor George Osborne failed to mention education in his budget speech, the full report includes measures for reducing...

The Schools Commissioner wants you to know how well academies are doing, and he’s written a helpful letter

The Schools Commissioner Frank Green has written a letter He’s pretty determined that you put it up in your...

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