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Gavin Williamson ignores pleas to correct his tutoring scale claims

Labour will accuse Gavin Williamson of breaching the ministerial code if he does not correct his “error” over the...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Green: Extended school day could be used to teach more ‘life skills’

An extended school day could be used to fit more “life skills” into the curriculum, the shadow education secretary...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE contradicts its own minister’s claims on tutoring scheme scale

The Department for Education has contradicted its own education secretary’s claim that six million pupils will benefit from the...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Pupil premium change: Labour accuses government of £133m ‘stealth cut’

The government’s pupil premium funding change is a “stealth cut to school budgets at a time when children need...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Kate Green reveals Labour’s education recovery priorities

A Labour government elected tomorrow would focus on addressing educational inequalities and look at the “content of what’s happening...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Compelling logic’ in call to scrap GCSEs, says Green

Calls to scrap GCSEs deserve “serious consideration”, the shadow education secretary has said, as she pledged a review of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Shadow education secretary apologises after calling Covid-19 a ‘good crisis’

Shadow education secretary Kate Green has apologised after calling the Covid-19 pandemic a “good crisis” which Labour should not...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Green: ‘Messing’ with school structures not priority

“Messing around” with school structures should not be a Labour priority, the shadow education secretary has said.  Speaking at...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Labour seeks assurances over GCSE and A-level results amid claims of unfairness in Scotland

Labour is seeking “urgent assurances” from the government that the GCSE and A-level results process in England will treat...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker