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Term-time holidays a ‘small part’ of attendance woes – minister

Catherine McKinnell says she’s focused on children who regularly miss ‘significant amounts of school’

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PE in primary schools gets a boost

A new website wants to improve sport in primary schools by helping them to recruit and develop sport coaches….

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Teach First and Barclays to bring 530 STEM teachers to schools

More than 500 science and maths teachers are to be brought into classrooms as part of a linkup between…

Sophie Scott

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Sophie Scott

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Top scorer at trust’s Rugby Cup

Former England rugby international Austin Healey joined students from the David Ross Education Trust (DRET) for their annual Rugby…

Billy Camden

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Billy Camden

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Algorithms? They’re simple, really

Female tech workers of the future were given a special boost recently with a visit from Skills Minister Nick…

Billy Camden

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Billy Camden

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TeachFirst wants to boost careers education

Middle leaders in schools can take part in an unusual pilot TeachFirst is launching later this year to improve…

Billy Camden

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Billy Camden

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Speaker helps to flag up new programmes

Parliament welcomed two schools last week as they announced the launch of two digital education initiatives. Joined by House…

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Billy Camden

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