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Schools should be prepared for ‘challenge’ after £95k exit payment cap revoked

Schools should be “prepared for challenge” from former staff who had their exit payments capped after a government U-turn...

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Samantha Booth
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Pearson launches ‘major’ consultation into the future of exams amid calls for end to GCSEs

The exam board Pearson has launched a “major” consultation into the future of exams, following calls for GCSEs to...

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Let schools tell pupils their teacher assessment grades before submission, says exam board

Strict rules forbidding schools from telling pupils their teacher assessment grades should be dropped this year to prevent “sudden...

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Sprinklers still not mandatory for school rebuilding projects

Sprinklers are unlikely to be made mandatory in the 50 school rebuilding projects announced last week because the government’s...

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Department for Education looking to spend £4m on catch-up resources

The Department for Education is looking to spend nearly £4m on “free in-class and catch-up curriculum” resources to support...

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Sir Kevan Collins Q&A: Covid innovations can drive catch-up challenge

The new ‘education recovery’ commissioner believes Covid innovations such as virtual classes can be used to extend the school...

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Lost learning expert group scrapped by DfE before it’s even set up

A promise to set up an expert group to look at solutions for uneven lost learning across the country...

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Samantha Booth
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How schools are coping with the Covid teacher recruitment boom

The pandemic-spurred boom in teacher recruitment has continued this year with the arrival of another wave of potential recruits....

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Grade appeals should be made to exam boards not schools, say unions

Appeals against grades issued this summer should be made directly to exam boards and not to schools and colleges,...

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