News

Schools builder wins contract to refurbish new DfE offices

A construction company that lost its preferred contractor status for five London schools after failing to agree costs is...

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News

At last: Nicky Morgan’s definition (almost) of what is a coasting school

Schools will be defined as coasting based on performance over three years, and on their pupils’ progress, not simply...

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News

Teachers offer internships to help their own kids get ahead

Teachers are offering work placements in their schools on a new website that lets parents swap internships for their...

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News

One in three disadvantaged schools struggling to recruit

More than a third of schools across the poorest regions are having to cover posts in science and maths...

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Features

Carol Dweck, professor of psychology, Stanford University

Carol Dweck floats like a butterfly but her intellect stings like a bee. Gliding into the reception of the...

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News

Park View Academy remains in special measures a year after Trojan Horse investigation

The head of the trust responsible for one of the schools in the “Trojan Horse” inspections in Birmingham says...

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Opinion

Four guiding principles of a good assessment system

The confusion, debate and disagreements that have followed the move away from levels are necessary if teachers are to...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Forget (most of) your post-election blues

Funding cuts, a recruitment crisis . . . what is there to be happy about? Well, the quality of...

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Politics

Contest aims to get ‘em young

Primary pupils can now enter the Dragons’ Den for the first time. Tycoon in Schools, an annual enterprise competition...

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