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Suspensions among pupils back up during second year of pandemic

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Can schools be expected to solve the obesity crisis?

Setting aside the moral question as to whether this is what schools should be doing, how easy is it…

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Case studies will help to show the benefits of flexible working

The fifth  #WomenEd unconference highlighted the need for flexible working to become standard in schools, says Vivienne Porritt. But…

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Survey results show a bleak and unsustainable situation for the school business leadership community. Hilary Goldsmith calls for action…

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Ofqual's director for standards Cath Jadhav will move to Pearson to become the exam board's responsible officer

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Last week, the Education Policy Institute published new research examining unexplained pupil exits from English schools. While the EPI…

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Teachers are losing their religion and breaking the rules

Teachers are less religious today than they were 50 years ago. In some ways, this is no surprise –…

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An early verdict on the new Ofsted framework

Ofsted has been inspecting schools under its new framework for little more than a month. It is probably too…

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Changing the educational set menu

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