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Conservative councillors promise grammar expansions if elected

Several local authorities bordering an area with selective schools have said they would welcome grammar “annexes” in their areas,...

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Toby Young, founder and CEO, West London free school

It is 5.30am on the day I am meeting Toby Young, the gonzo journalist turned right-wing columnist turned free...

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Gibb digs in on primary tests after day of protests

The government has refused to change primary tests in response to this week’s unprecedented parent protests, backed by tens...

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Nicky Phillips
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Teaching schools face cash shortage if funding halted

Teaching schools would be “severely vulnerable” if government funding were to stop, despite an expectation that many of the...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

The motorway model of mental health risks

What have you been working on? We’re interested in the characteristics of schools linked to pupil mental health risks...

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What happened to the School Food Plan

The group tasked with supporting the implementation of a £16 million school food improvement plan has shut up shop...

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Politics

Featured: Inaugural awards for Cornwall’s teachers

Cornwall’s teachers have been recognised at a glittering ceremony in the first teaching awards for the area. Held at...

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Politics

Space walker visits academy

Pupils at Merchants’ academy Bristol received an out of this world experience when British astronaut Mike Foale came to...

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Opinion

A lack of fluent thinking

There are not enough teachers to teach the mandatory Ebacc modern foreign language. In the spirit of détente, Leora...

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