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Pupils go wild with new playground

Pupils at a central London primary had a big say in the design of their new playground, opened recently...

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Politics

Soap star heads acting masterclass

Aspiring actors at an Essex academy were last week treated to a day’s masterclass by EastEnders actress Gillian Wright....

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Opinion

Let’s give young carers the pupil premium

The UK’s 160,000 young carers do not do as well as their peers at school. Giving them the pupil...

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News

New sponsors, new uniforms – for £70,000

The failure of one academy trust has left the taxpayer paying up to £70,000 for new school uniforms, exclusive...

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Politics

Storytelling becomes a core skill

A Wellingborough primary is one of the first to be awarded accreditation as a storytelling school. In an attempt...

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News

Ofsted ditches inspector who copied reports

Ofsted have acted swiftly to remove a lead inspector after Schools Week presented damning evidence of whole report sections...

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News

School led nurseries at “heart” of government plans

Childcare Minister Sam Gyimah (pictured) wants more schools to “step up to the plate” and offer nursery provision. In...

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News

Morgan leaves out the word ‘academies’

In a change of tone to her predecessor, Michael Gove, education secretary Nicky Morgan (pictured) this week announced that...

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News

Morgan and Clegg in ‘train of bureaucracy’ spat

A row has broken out between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats about whose idea it is to launch an...

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