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Nov
New and existing grammars will have to demonstrate how they'll improve the "social mix", says Schools Minister
“Strict conditions” will be implemented to increase the number of pupils from poor backgrounds in selective schools and they will apply to new and existing grammar
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Nov
Standards and Testing Agency deemed "broadly" fit for purpose, despite "lack of strategy and oversight"
A new review into the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) found a lack of “end-to-end strategy”, data and oversight, as well as a “defensive and silo
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Nov
Northern primary schools are least likely to be coasting
Only 22 primary schools in the North (2.1% out of a total of 1,054) were found to be coasting after the release of provisional 2016 school performance results, according to the
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Nov
White working-class British boys: amongst the lowest performing every year for the past decade
Sutton Trust, the leading social mobility charity, urges schools to implement targeted attainment improvement programmes for disadvantaged white British pupils. Their latest
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Nov
More children in need in the North East than anywhere else in England, but the gap is narrowing
The North East had by far the highest rate of children in need in the country throughout 2015-16, new national statistics reveal. During this period, 8.22% of the children in our
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Nov
Increase in number of KS2 tests appeals
New statistics published by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) this morning reveal a rise in the number of key stage 2 tests that were subject to an appeal. The sharpest
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