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Council encourages schools to contact test and trace teams first rather than DfE hotline

A council is urging schools to ignore new protocols for contacting the government’s national coronavirus helpline to report positive...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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New ‘flagship’ study to solve why teachers leave

A new five-year study of 15,000 teachers will assess why staff drop out of the profession, the impact of...

Simon Kay
Simon Kay
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School rebuilding programme ‘will disappoint more than it pleases’, warns DfE director

A top civil servant has warned that the government “will be disappointing more people than we please” during the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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It’s official: DfE doesn’t know how many schools have covid cases

The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in schools, a...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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High-profile trusts win share of £1.5m ‘exemplary leadership’ fund

Four of England’s most high-profile academy trusts have won the first tranche of a £1.5 million government contract to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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TV star and celeb GP hired for ‘back-to-school’ promo

Ministers have come under fire for paying a television presenter up to an estimated £15,000 for social media posts...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Pupil numbers set to fall 5.2% over the next decade, DfE predicts

The number of pupils in state-funded schools is expected to drop by 5.2 per cent over the next decade,...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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DfE spends £££s spinning Covid response

The government has spent tens of thousands of pounds in an attempt to present its response to the impact...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE appoints Nick Timothy as non-executive director

Nick Timothy, a former New Schools Network director who served as chief of staff to prime minister Theresa May,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker