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Vision 2040 group launches 25-year plan for education

A group of teachers and leaders have today launched a 25-year manifesto for education – saying it will give “long-term...

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Fore! Golf lessons added to primary school’s curriculum

Golf lessons are to be added to the curriculum for the next four years at one Cumbrian primary school....

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Judge backs school’s decision to stop paying Mayor of Liverpool for providing “no benefit” to pupils

A judge has said a school was entitled to dismiss the city’s mayor from its payroll because he was...

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OSA came to ‘flawed’ conclusion that London Oratory School admissions system was socially selective, says judge

The Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA)  applied too stringent a test when it concluded that the London Oratory...

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Multi-academy trust hands over leadership of its four schools after Ofsted puts them all in special measures

A new sponsor has stepped in to provide leadership for a multi-academy trust after its four schools were put into special measures this...

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First-choice primary school places increase in many areas despite ‘places crisis’

More families have got offers for their preferred primary school in many areas across the country, despite warnings of a places...

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Conservatives pledge more free childcare but funding shortfall looms

Concerns over a funding shortfall for early years providers have been raised after the Conservatives announced today they would...

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EFA lifts The Education Fellowship’s Financial Notice to Improve

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has lifted a financial notice to improve (FNTi) from academy sponsor The Education Fellowship....

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Blogger father creates internet storm over Conservatives’ “mediocre failures” SATs resit proposals

A blogpost shooting down the Conservatives over claims children who do not achieve a level 4 in their SATs...

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