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‘Unreasonable to remove places which are forecast to be needed’

In a ruling which is likely to affect any academy wishing...

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This year marks a signifi cant anniversary in the history of education policy in this country.

Thirty years ago this summer the Great...

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The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has published what is probably the most comprehensive study yet on ‘The Attainment Gap’ , which has been...

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This is the latest example from a BBC report of 3 August.

“The very poorest children in England have fallen even further behind their...

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This Guardian article reports research arguing for the existence of a class-based conspiracy to prevent the children of poor families getting...

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Fed up with a couple of years failing to persuade the Information Commissioner and the courts that simply releasing 11+ test marks will undermine...

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On Monday the outgoing chief Ofsted inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw said, “ The notion that the poor stand to benefit from the return of grammar...

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The 2015 Conservative manifesto includes a section on localism and the ‘Big Society’. It describes “a vision of a more engaged nation, one in which... Read more

I am a proscribed organisation.

I wasn’t even aware of the fact until the recent news coverage of Schools Adjudicator Dr Elizabeth...

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Imagine a world where only the victims of a crime could complain to the police and where witnesses to a crime would be banned...

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Thank you, I am delighted to be here.

This book is a truly collaborative effort, a distillation of the thinking and writing of...

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The launch last week of LSN’s first book The Truth About Our Schools at Goldsmiths, University of London, covered in detail here , provided a...

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