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There’s been a ‘notable change’ in the DfE’s ‘delivery model’ since 2010, says the Institute for Government*. The academies...
Read More The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) investigated the claim made by School Cuts that ‘91% of schools face funding cuts’ and...
Read MoreSecondary schools which have been less than good for ten years or more tend to be those with a higher proportion of white...
Read More Teachers at the flagship Michaela Community School, a secondary free school in London much admired by schools minister Nick Gibb...
Read More ‘…polls consistently prove public opinion supports the expansion of grammar schools.’
So said Iain...
Read MoreThe HEPI paper claiming grammar schools play a ‘significant role in supporting social mobility’ was incomplete and inaccurate, write three...
Read More Schools minister Lord Agnew continues to be involved in Inspiration Trust, the multi-academy trust (MAT) running academies in...
Read more Teachers at the flagship Michaela Community School, a secondary free school in London much admired by schools minister Nick Gibb...
Read moreTest results at former Downhills are higher today, says Gibb
Test results at Harris Academy Philip Lane, formerly Downhills...
Read moreThe HEPI paper claiming grammar schools play a ‘significant role in supporting social mobility’ was incomplete and inaccurate, write three...
Read more‘…studies of the impact of the academies programme show little difference between the performance of academies and local authority maintained...
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106 out of the just over 500 free schools* which have opened are in temporary accommodation, Freedom of Information shows...
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106 out of the just over 500 free schools* which have opened are in temporary accommodation, Freedom of Information shows...
Read moreTest results at former Downhills are higher today, says Gibb
Test results at Harris Academy Philip Lane, formerly Downhills...
Read moreSpecial needs pupils being let down
Councils spent nearly £100m in the past four years on fighting appeals against their...
Read moreHinds's defence (or is it defiance?) is ill-founded
The education secretary Damian Hinds defended the ‘broad thrust’ of data claims made by...
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Professor Becky Allen of the UCL Institute of Education has written important articles about the Pupil Premium (PP) that I discuss here and here...
Read more The present system in England harms all pupils
There’s something in the air – and it’s not just too-early Christmas music...
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