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Government should accept "efficiency savings" are cuts, IFS tells Select Committee
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) was among the organisations giving evidence to the Education Select Committee this week. Luke Sibieta, a research fellow at the IFS, said
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Jun
Researchers voice concerns over maths teacher shortages
A new report from the Nuffield Foundation has examined how schools are dealing with the shortage of Maths teachers. Authored by Rebecca Allen & Sam Sims of FFT Education
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Jun
Allow LAs to take over failing academies says think tank
A new report by think tank the Education Policy Institute (EPI) has examined the impact of academy chains and local authorities on pupil attainment. Overall school performance:
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Jun
Discovery School - hard core of pupils roamed the premises in a “predatory manner”, says unpublished Ofsted report
An unpublished Ofsted report on a £9m Newcastle free school found that the school’s leaders had “not shown the capacity to improve the school” and that it had
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Jun
Computer game addiction classified as a disorder by WHO
Gaming addiction is to be listed as a mental health condition by the World Health Organization for the first time. Some school leaders have expressed concern about the
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Jun
Chancellor: no new money for schools after £20 billion NHS pledge
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has told cabinet colleagues that finding an extra £20bn for the NHS – the so-called ‘Brexit dividend’ – means there will
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