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DfE silent on pupil catch-up premium for 2016-17

Schools will continue to receive extra money to help pupils who fall behind in reading and maths, but criteria...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Reports delayed by the referendum could be published soon

A number of reports delayed by the EU referendum could soon be released by the Department for Education. The...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Opinion

What would a remain vote mean for education?

What would a Remain vote mean for the Department for Education and schools? Schools Week asked Amy Finch for...

Amy Finch
Amy Finch
Opinion

Mandatory web monitoring in schools opens a slippery can of worms

While the compulsory retention of every website visit for every person in the UK was recently debated and passed...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Six steps the government must take to win back support from headteachers

More than 50 headteachers have this week signed an open letter to education secretary Nicky Morgan claiming her government...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Calm down – the church isn’t after a ‘land grab’

The memorandum of understanding between the Catholic church and the government is little more than a written definition about...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Less of a U-turn and more of a Z-turn

Do you remember last Saturday? It was boiling hot and the world was sunny – not least because Nicky...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

A jobs board distracts from the teacher shortage

Patrick Hayes is stumped by the government’s “slightly odd u-turn” on a national teaching website. It’s been tried before...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Why we’re all on board in the north east

Heads in the north east say that teacher recruitment is one of their greatest problems. So its regional network...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips