Accountability

You can read Part 1 ‘The role of religion’ here .

The first important step is to point out the difference between the state and the...

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The Department for Education has refused to release names of academy trusts receiving loans or non-repayable grants to help...

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Could it be the Department for Education is using schools minister Nick Gibb as an Aunt Sally?

Only...

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Calls for the government to back down on the EBacc are likely to increase following a decision by the Russell Group universities...

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The Bishop Anthony Educational Trust (BEAT) has ‘not been successful enough’ in improving schools with significant weaknesses,...

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Ofsted’s decision to retain the four-grade rating system for school inspections - outstanding down to inadequate - is ‘one of...

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‘…there is no evidence from the attainment data that these [exam] reforms helped lower-attaining pupils,’ concludes Education Datalab in its...

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‘The parents screamed and swore at me,’ says a Sunday Times headline for an article explaining why the ‘visionary head’ of...

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The Harris Federation entered hundreds of native English speakers into an exam designed for speakers of English as a second...

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Education secretary Damian Hinds has hit back against Jeremy Corbyn’s proposal to replace primary school tests with an...

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National curriculum tests taken in financial year 2018/19 cost around £43m schools minister Nick Gibb has revealed . The cost...

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Is the Department for Education media department a computer programmed with stock phrases?

No matter...

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Expecting children as young as four to take tests when they join reception classes is challenged by both parents and teachers....

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The reform of the modern education system began early in the 19th Century. What eventually became known as the Education Reform Movement dates...

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‘ 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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‘…standards in our schools have risen significantly since 2010 - with 85% judged to be good or outstanding compared to only 68...

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Geoff Barton, ASCL general secretary, attacked former education secretary Michael Gove at the union’s annual conference in...

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This was the subject of the Channel 4 ‘Dispatches’ programme broadcast on 4 February 2019.

As the number of children leaving...

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