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Headteachers Roundtable to draft alternative white paper

An influential group of leading headteachers has launched a think tank to crowdsource an alternative white paper that focuses...

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Birmingham schools still at risk of extremist ‘destabilisation’, says Sir Michael Wilshaw

Schools at the centre of the “Trojan Horse” investigations are now “much safer” but are still at risk of...

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New findings reveal teacher training drop-out rates

The government has this afternoon published three reports analysing recruitment and retention issues. The National College for Teaching and...

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Key stage 2 SATs results: What does this mean for floor standards and year 7 resits?

Concerns have been raised about the impact of today’s key stage 2 results on the number of primary schools...

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Key stage 2 SATs results: Nicky Morgan’s ‘good start’ claim rubbished as teachers vent frustrations online

The government’s claim that today’s key stage 2 results were a “good start” to its new “rigorous” tests has...

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Key stage 2 SATs results: Nearly half of pupils fail to achieve expected standard in ‘tougher’ tests

Just half of year 6 pupils have met the new expected standard in their key stage 2 SATs tests,...

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Scaled scores for 2016 key stage 2 tests announced

Note (added 4 July 2017): Here are the 2017 scaled scores for key stage 2 SATs The Department for Education...

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Did education count in the Brexit vote?

In the week following the EU referendum, much discussion has centred around the educational background of the “inners and...

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Money for hate crime protection could go to religious schools

Schools may be able to benefit from extra government funding to protect them from racist attacks after last week’s...

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