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Exclusive: Free school ‘forced me out’ for not being top university ready
An MP is to start a ‘vigorous’ inquiry into a selective sixth form’s admissions policy after a number of students were ‘kicked out’ for failing to get high...
Morgan shifts gear but is ‘not easily held back’
In a speech light on policy but with a change in rhetoric Nicky Morgan has pledged to reduce teacher workloads and help to build “character, resilience and grit”...
Schools reject GCSE failures claim colleges
GCSE English and maths now required | Schools not letting pupils continue at 16 | Policy change driving ‘poor behaviour’ Teenagers are being prevented from continuing into their...
Morgan ‘not looking at’ assisted places or new grammar schools
The education secretary Nicky Morgan has said she is ‘not looking at’ the return of assisted places or new grammar schools, after rumours emerged Number 10 were considering...
Cash perks don’t aid pupil achievement – £1.6m study reveals
Research costing £1.6m has concluded that cash incentives offered to pupils make no significant improvement in GCSE results. The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) research did though find that...
Review panel set to consider status of teaching assistant role
New standards on the status of teaching assistants are to be drawn up by a review panel, the Department for Education (DfE) has announced. The “status and professionalism”...
State-private partnership lacks evidence
The government has announced it will fund a scheme aimed at joining up private schools with state primaries in order to boost performance – yet it does not...
FEATURED: the new regional  schools commissioners
Small multi-academy trusts (MATs) will be encouraged to work together to help tackle underperformance in the east of England, Dr Tim Coulson, the region’s new schools commissioner, has...
Unions angry at ‘behind the scenes’ negotiations by NASUWT
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) said it was “disappointed” and seeking “urgent clarification” today after the NASUWT union alone reached an agreement with the government of Jersey....