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DfE releases details of latest free school applications

Click here for graphs The Department of Education (DfE) has released details of the most recent wave of 148...

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NCTL surprises select committee on ITT plans

More teacher training places in hard-to-recruit subjects are to be given to universities, the chief executive of the National...

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Government shuns reports’ advice

The government has rejected recommendations made in the aftermath of the Trojan horse scandal that school governors be restricted...

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Class size cap: it already exists, say Conservatives

A Labour party pledge to cap class sizes in infant years has “collapsed” – because it is already in...

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Admissions must change, Durand told

Durand Academy in south London has been told it has to stop giving preferential primary school places to children...

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Conference calls for education to go to the top of the class

Teachers and leaders joined union representatives at a day-long event in London at the weekend to discuss the future...

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Baseline test providers face a punishing deadline

Each of the six providers approved by the Standards and Testing Agency to deliver the new reception baseline tests...

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Association criticises ‘misleading’ research on boarding schools

French research claims that boarding schools are disruptive and do not guarantee better results for disadvantaged children have been...

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Labour pledges to protect education – but won’t say who gets what (yet)

Labour this week promised to protect the overall education budget if elected this May. But any decision on whether...

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