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Sep
£20m grammar school transport scheme quietly shelved
The government has confirmed that they are scrapping a £20 million scheme to provide free transport to grammar schools. Schools Minister Nick Gibb has confirmed in a written
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Sep
Becky Allen: Pupil Premium Blog
In the first and second of a three part series, Becky Allen, the Director of the Centre for Education Improvement Science at UCL, argues that Pupil Premium isn’t working for
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Sep
North-South schools divide 'not supported by evidence'
Claims that schools in the north of England are worse than those in the south are based on myth and bad data, according to a large-scale research project that calls into question
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Sep
Bright Tribe Trust accused of misusing government funds
BBC Panorama has found the Bright Tribe Trust received public money for building work, lighting upgrades and fire safety improvements that were either not finished or never done.
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Sep
Parents most likely to get secondary school of choice in Northumberland
New research from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) has shed light on the secondary school preferences of parents. It revealed that Northumberland was the local authority area
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Sep
Education Links w/c 10th September 2018
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/northumberland-college-merge-sunderland-college-15146246 – Chronicle Live, Northumberland College to merge with
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