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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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Students help develop 3D app

Students at Ormiston Shelfield community academy in the west Midlands are helping to share the experience of life in…

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Atlantic crossing to prestigious US universities

Thirty-eight British students from low and middle-income homes will soon pack their bags and travel to the US to…

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Bishops mark start of building work

Two bishops picked up their pitch forks and donned their gardening gloves to preside over a turf cutting ceremony…

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Edition 15: Dr Stephen Tommis, Dominique Gobbi, Harry Fletcher-Wood

Dr Stephen Tommis is the new chief executive of the Montessori St Nicholas charity. He was the founding executive…

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Woolly thinking raises £1.6m

Three hundred pupils and staff at Minerva Primary Academy in Bristol got into the festive spirit last week by…

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The Bridge students aim for the top slot in annual awards

students and staff at The Bridge Alternative Provision (AP) Academy will be crossing their fingers at the Pupil Premium…

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