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Yesterday, this site questioned the reliability of the Department for Education (DfE) plan for recovering longer term advances...
Read More ‘No applicant for a selective school…is ‘ineligible’ to apply,’ the Department for Education says.
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Read More Delta Education Trust, formerly The Quay School Academy Trust, agreed a ‘recovery plan’ of £480k with the Education and Skills...
Read MoreNational curriculum tests taken in financial year 2018/19 cost around £43m schools minister Nick Gibb has revealed. The cost...
Read MoreThe Department for Education (DfE) says ‘additional funding’ to academies may be provided ‘In the most serious cases’. But such...
Read MoreIs the Department for Education media department a computer programmed with stock phrases?
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Read More Aspire Academy opened in 2014 as a stand-alone alternative provision free school. It was transferred to TBAP in 2017 after...
Read moreExpecting children as young as four to take tests when they join reception classes is challenged by both parents and teachers. ...
Read more Great Yarmouth Primary Academy (GYPA), run by Inspiration Trust which is linked to schools minister Lord Agnew, has been placed...
Read moreThe Great Yarmouth Charter Academy, which won notoriety when it opened in September 2017 for saying sick pupils should vomit in...
Read more The Chief Executive of Silver Birch Academy, Patricia Davies, ‘ordered schools to cheat in SATs tests’, a former head teacher told Panorama.
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The value of metacogition has been recognised by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and followers can sign up to receive a ten part...
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When this question is asked by a politician, an unsolicited social media post, or someone selling you something, it is always wise to think about...
Read more Seven academy trusts owed more than £1m each by the end of March 2018, the Department for Education has revealed*. Here are...
Read more‘Grammar schools are also popular with parents, with around 15 pupils choosing a selective school as their first preference for...
Read moreThe reform of the modern education system began early in the 19th Century. What eventually became known as the Education Reform Movement dates...
Read moreHarris Federation, which runs 47 academies in the London area, owes the Department for Education £617,500, a Freedom of...
Read more‘Outsourcing has been hit by a string of recent failures, but that does not mean that outsourcing has failed. Labour should...
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