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6 super-nerdy things you might have missed in the Policy Exchange free school report

Today’s Policy Exchange ‘research’ conveniently released a bunch of positive facts about free schools on the exact same day that David Cameron announced 49 new ones and committed to opening 500 more. Well, fancy that. There have been endless back and forths about the correctness of the report. People seem to see what they want […]

Members of commission on assessment without levels revealed

The Department for Education (DfE) has announced the names of the members of the commission on assessment without levels. School reform minister Nick Gibb last month announced the teacher-led commission and said it would highlight best practice models to help schools develop their own assessment systems. It came in response to a consultation in which […]

Free Schools 2015: List of newly approved schools

David Cameron has today announced the approval of 49 new free schools. The schools are: Ashmole Primary School Mainstream Primary Barnet Athena Academy, the Mainstream Primary Waltham Forest Avanti Heath Clarke Primary School Mainstream Primary Croydon Barclay Secondary Free School Mainstream Secondary Waltham Forest Boxing Academy AP Free School, the AP Secondary Hackney Bristol […]