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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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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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Shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked

The shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey has been sacked by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. A spokesperson for Starmer...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Long-Bailey: Lack of ‘overarching message’ on education contributed to Labour’s defeat

The lack of an “overarching message” from Labour on its flagship national education service was one of the reasons...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker

Angela Rayner at Labour party conference 2019

My, but Angela Rayner is a canny political operator. Early on a Sunday morning, not a high point for...

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Labour manifesto: Plans to let councils ‘run schools’ dropped

The Labour party has dropped official plans to let councils “open schools”, instead stating it will “oppose any attempt...

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John Dickens
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Greening’s first education questions: Green paper ‘will help’ SEN pupils, and four other things we learned

The government’s new(ish) education team faced its first proper grilling in Parliament this afternoon during the first education questions since...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour reshuffle: Rayner stays, Mike Kane becomes shadow schools minister

The Labour MP Angela Rayner will continue her work as shadow education secretary following a reshuffle of the opposition frontbench, while former teacher...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker