Politics

German painting inspires pupil’s winning poem

A secondary school pupil in Peterborough has won first prize in a poetry competition focusing on German history. Competing...

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Politics

Edition 15: Damian Knollys, Jackie Bowen

Damian Knollys has taken over as headteacher at Peasedown Primary School in Bath, following David Tilling’s retirement in the...

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Politics

New scholarship for talented young riders

Pupils at Polwhele House in Cornwall are saddling up this term with the help of a new riding scholarship....

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LGBT school is still a ‘couple of years’ away

Plans for a school for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people in Manchester have yet to be...

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Campaign group boosts appeals to admissions’ adjudicator

Objections to school admission arrangements have risen by more than 65 per cent in the past year, with almost...

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Copycat fears step up security in Jewish Schools

Security is being stepped up at England’s Jewish schools, following the terrorist attacks in France and elsewhere – with...

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£12.6m ‘emergency’ hand-outs for 22 schools

Keeping school budgets in the black is not always easy – but some schools appear to be treated more...

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No further GCSE delays, says DFE

The Department for Education has ruled out delays to the introduction of any other new GCSEs after it was...

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Schools copyright uniforms to foil counterfeiters

Schools need to work with families to “bring down uniform bills to an affordable level – not squeezing every...

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