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RSC agrees to expansion of Redditch schools, despite MP and parent concerns

A regional schools commissioner has granted permission for neighbouring academies to convert into two-tier schools – despite concerns it...

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No suggestion that tests for reception pupils are ‘traumatic’, say assessment providers

Children’s author Philip Pulman is among 80 signatories to a letter published in the Guardian today urging the government...

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Newspaper editor falls for April Fool’s prank: ‘I should have known – idea of transparency is just too far-fetched’

Schools Week editor Laura McInerney has said she should have known our April Fool’s day prank story was a...

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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked documents reveal new free schools to be named after politicians

NB – This story was published as an April Fool’s story. Three new free schools due to open after...

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Ninety per cent of teachers have no training on dealing with young carers, union survey shows

A survey by Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) found that ninety per cent of those surveyed said they...

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New rules demanding governors publish their interests online or face suspension “the right thing to do”

New rules demanding governors publish a register of their interests online – including relationships with school staff – have...

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Teachers need more support to stop their careers being ruined by false allegations from pupils, union warns

More than a third of school staff claim they or a colleague have faced false allegations from pupils –...

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Breaking: Firm chosen for new national reference tests with first exams set for March 2017

A firm has been selected to develop and introduce the new national reference tests – with the first pupils set to...

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Plans for differently weighting the maths content of new science GCSEs have “little justification”

Ofqual’s proposals for differently weighting maths content  in the new science GCSE exams have “little justification”, says a science subject...

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