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Dec
DfE to target free schools in bottom-performing third of country
Social Mobility Action Plan to shift focus of free school programme towards underperforming areas The Department for Education is going to target new free schools in parts of the
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Dec
Ofsted confirms changes to short inspections following consultation
Ofsted has confirmed it will go ahead with plans to change the way it carries out short inspections of good-rated schools from next month. Under the new plans, set out in
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Dec
40% of teachers can’t identify a young carer in class
Four in 10 teachers are not able to identify a young carer in their class, children’s charity Barnardo’s has found. Teachers and other professionals working with children have
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Dec
Parents of summer born children will be allowed to start school aged five, minister says
Parents of summer born children will be given the option of delaying when their children join reception, the schools minister has said. The Government intends to change the
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Dec
Unhappy teachers will take 10% pay cut to escape profession
Teachers are willing to take a 10-per-cent pay cut to escape the profession and allow themselves more free time, new research from the National Foundation for Educational Research
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Dec
More than 770,000 UK children 'don't have any books of their own'
Children without books are 15 times less likely to be good readers than their book-owning peers, research shows. More than 750,000 UK schoolchildren do not have a single
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