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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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Rooney goes back to school

It was like England football captain Wayne Rooney had never been away when he recently went back to his…

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Phab award for London schools

Pupils and staff from St Helen’s School and Merchant Taylors’ School in North London have won a national award…

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Sikh free school shows off

Children from Leicester’s first Sikh free school recently showed off their new school to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and…

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Ananda remembers fallen relative, 100 years on

A Cornish schoolgirl has become the first in her family to see the grave of a relative who lost…

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Coding skills put to the test

Fifty girls from schools in Norfolk learned a new computer programming language in just four hours. At an event…

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Clegg’s lunch date in north London

The Deputy Prime Minster led celebrations last week to highlight how far school meals have come since the days…

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