News

Private school firm fined for breach of safety law

Schools have been warned about their responsibilities for vetting contractors after a private school operator had to pay out...

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News

Hunt renews call to scrap GCSEs

Labour needs a “clearer narrative” and fewer “short-term gimmicks” in its education policy, teaching unions have warned after Tristram...

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News

Poor GCSE results linked with voter support for UKIP

New research that suggests regions with underperforming schools are more likely to have the highest numbers of UKIP voters...

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News

German pupils swell free school’s roll

– As EU citizens, they’re entitled to be here, says Parkfield school – ‘Increasing numbers at census time is...

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Nicky Phillips
News

More schools complain about Ofsted

A higher proportion of schools are complaining about their Ofsted inspections – and succeeding in having their complaints upheld,...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Morgan promises to give away any salary boost

MPs are set to receive a 10 per cent pay rise if plans by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority...

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Features

Tim Oates, group director of assessment research and development, Cambridge Assessment

For Tim Oates, a school is not just a school. “It’s not that simple”, insists the research director. “They...

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News

How schools can do more to support looked after children

Everyone needs a pushy parent, so why should looked-after children (LAC) be any different? That was the question Matthew...

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Opinion

Measure teacher quality: not student results

An overreliance on standardised data undermines our efforts to keep schools improving. If we really want to help our...

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