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Osborne earmarks £30m for northern academies and careers advice
Chancellor George Osborne has announced a £30 million cash boost for education. In his Autumn Statement, Mr Osborne said the “very best” academy chains in the north would...
Education Select Committee Review: Morgan on GCSE and A Level Reform
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Ex-minister’s multi-academy trust collapses
An academy trust chaired by former education minister Jim Knight is to fold. HTI Education Trust has announced that it will wind up and hand over responsibility for...
BREAKING: Osborne pledges £10m budget boost for academy chains in the North
The chancellor has this afternoon announced £10 million for academy chains in the north of England. Delivering the Autumn Statement today George Osborne said half of the poorest...
Four A-levels and a GCSE given the chop by Ofqual
Four A Levels and one GCSE subject are to be axed by Ofqual from next September. The qualifications body announced today to withdraw AS and A Levels in...
6 Things We Learned In Today's Education Question Time
At today’s Education Question Time the education ministerial line-up took questions on several topics, including the benefit of private schools, teacher recruitment and what to do about early...
Trojan Horse school to join Ark academy chain
One of Birmingham’s ‘Trojan Horse’ schools is set to join the Ark multi-academy trust next September. Trustees at Oldknow Academy, who took control of the school in August...
Maths AS and A Level reforms delayed for a year
Changes to the AS and A levels in mathematics and further mathematics are to be put back for a year. In a letter to Ofqual’s chief regulator Glenys...
BREAKING: Three suspended as academies trust launches ‘misconduct’ investigation
A North London academies trust has suspended three senior managers and launched an investigation into “gross misconduct”. In a move which Cuckoo Hall Academies Trust (CHAT) chair Andry...