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New Schools Network loses DfE free schools support contract
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Free schools
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Mar 29, 2022
Ex-Tory MP claims government threatened free school project
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Jan 20, 2022
DfE launches £1.5m free school support contract tender
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Jan 7, 2022
Plan for crumbling schools to be rebuilt under flats
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Sep 27, 2021
Guide for newly opened academies, academy trusts and free schools
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Sep 1, 2021
Unity Howard to leave influential free schools charity
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Jul 1, 2021
‘Phoenix’ free schools should replace ‘stubborn’ underperformers, says report
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Jun 25, 2021
New report: 10 years of free schools
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Feb 23, 2021
New Schools Network: DfE-funded free school charity adds £250K to pay bill
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Feb 23, 2021
Free school teachers 'achieve better GCSE results'
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Feb 23, 2021
Michael Gove's free schools at 10: the most successful policy since the war – or a costly mistake?
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Feb 9, 2021
DfE names 21 free schools approved in wave 14
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Feb 5, 2021
Former Cameron adviser’s free school rapped over 'improper' appointment of principal’s associates
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Dec 21, 2020
Three special free schools announced for North East
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Jul 31, 2020
The 37 special and AP free schools approved by the DfE revealed
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Jul 20, 2020
Thousands of places created in new special free schools
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Jul 19, 2020
Marcus Rashford reacts to Tory U-turn on free school meals for kids over summer
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Jun 16, 2020
A generation of children are relying on Boris Johnson to stop them from going hungry
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Jun 16, 2020
Free schools can follow Nightingale lead
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Jun 6, 2020
Collapsed free school’s lack of records ‘hampered’ child abuse probe
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May 22, 2020
‘It’s scandalous’: when free schools shut for want of a permanent home
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Feb 18, 2020
Free school got DfE go-ahead despite 1600 spare places
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Feb 11, 2020
DfE property firm’s boss got £30k bonus, despite missed value-for-money target
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Feb 11, 2020
First primary state boarding school set to open
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Feb 9, 2020
Project-based secondary among new free school bids
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Feb 4, 2020
Five free schools cost more than £30m, new figures show
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Feb 4, 2020
New Catholic school challenged over ‘bias’
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Jan 29, 2020
Free schools planned to tackle North-South divide
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Jan 26, 2020
Free school paid £900 for chair's stay in swanky Chicago hotel
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Jan 24, 2020
Call for fraud office to probe failed free schools
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Jan 24, 2020
NEU joins calls for probe into collapsed free schools at centre of financial scandals
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Jan 24, 2020
Free school rapped for off-rolling after ‘encouraging parents to home-educate children’
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Jan 22, 2020
Off-rolling: Free school 'pushed home education'
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Jan 22, 2020
Free school fire escape door at centre of tax evasion allegations
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Jan 17, 2020
Williamson: National free schools 'revolution' needed
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Jan 14, 2020
Williamson wants free school 'revolution' rolled-out across England
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Jan 14, 2020
Bring free-schools approach into FE, says NSN director
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Jan 13, 2020
Union warns over 'failure and waste' of free schools policy
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Dec 9, 2019
Free schools policy
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Dec 8, 2019
NEU brands free schools a 'failure' as spend on closed projects rises to £186m
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Dec 8, 2019
Hundreds of pupils left stranded as more free schools close
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Dec 8, 2019
Free school that flew staff to Ibiza for a meeting being investigated for financial mismanagement
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Nov 12, 2019
School trustees flew to Ibiza for board meeting
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Nov 12, 2019
Free schools: The debate continues
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Nov 6, 2019
‘Absolutely devastated’: Free school stuck in temporary premises closed by DfE
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Nov 1, 2019
Free school rapped over board meeting in Ibiza
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Nov 1, 2019
Rebrokered free schools won't keep Steiner ethos, says new trust
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Oct 22, 2019
Free schools fail to reach the 'left-behind' areas
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Oct 18, 2019
Free schools and other schools must work together
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Oct 17, 2019
10 target areas for new parent free schools
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Free schools
Oct 17, 2019
A levels: Free schools are top state performers
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Oct 17, 2019
Free schools: Five key findings from today's EPI report
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Oct 17, 2019
Free schools 'aren't helping poor-performing areas'
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Oct 17, 2019
Education Policy Institute on free schools
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Oct 17, 2019
Flagship Tory free schools policy failing to help students in areas that need it most, report says
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Oct 17, 2019
Free schools in England: 2019 report
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Oct 17, 2019
4 interesting findings from the EPI’s free schools analysis
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Oct 17, 2019
Free schools ‘failing to reach most disadvantaged areas’
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Oct 17, 2019
New free schools cannot neglect left-behind areas
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Oct 17, 2019
Free schools programme 'underserves' educationally disadvantaged pupils
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Oct 16, 2019
Rugby Free Secondary School faces closure after three years
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Oct 11, 2019
38 free schools lack permanent home after three years
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Free schools
Oct 9, 2019
Free schools have a ‘branding problem’ says NSN director
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NSN
Sep 29, 2019
Let’s galvanise education by pledging to open 100 free schools per year
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Sep 29, 2019
Free school champions admit 4 key problems
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Key 4
Sep 29, 2019
I want free schools to help other schools
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Sep 27, 2019
Free schools leading the way with top primary school results
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KS1
Sep 26, 2019
Free school pupils score higher in phonics check
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Sep 26, 2019
Dear Gavin Williamson, outsourcing excluded pupils to new free schools won’t help | Michael Rosen
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Sep 24, 2019
17 new free schools opened with no sports facilities
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Sep 23, 2019
Investigation: The free schools left homeless for years
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Sep 20, 2019
New free school bids round leaves AP out in the cold
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Sep 13, 2019
Student visa U-turn as Theresa May’s harsh immigration legacy dismantled
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Sep 11, 2019
Boris Johnson visits school to launch Government education drive (video)
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Sep 10, 2019
Johnson goes back to school as he pledges thousands of new free school places
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Sep 10, 2019
Special schools focus for next round of 'free' school bids
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Sep 10, 2019
Boris Johnson vows to create thousands more school places in bid to 'drive up standards'
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Sep 10, 2019
Why we need to jumpstart the free-schools programme
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Sep 10, 2019
PM pledges thousands more good school places
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Sep 9, 2019
Boris Johnson gives the go-ahead for 30 new free schools, creating more than 20,000 new places
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Sep 9, 2019
Johnson pledges thousands of new free school places
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Sep 9, 2019
Boris Johnson's drive to set up more free schools
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Sep 9, 2019
Johnson re-announces latest free schools application round
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Sep 9, 2019
DfE opens bids for next wave of free schools
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Free schools
Sep 9, 2019
Boris Johnson on free schools
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Sep 9, 2019
Gavin Williamson’s AP free schools promise won’t work unless…
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Sep 6, 2019
Free schools should focus on troublemakers, says Gavin Williamson
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Sep 6, 2019
A society that writes children off is not solving anything | Gavin Williamson
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Sep 6, 2019
Free schools are the shining inspiration in our Dickensian education system
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Sep 1, 2019
The Conservatives must capitalise on free schools' remarkable success and make school choice a reality for all
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Free schools
Aug 13, 2019
Tory call to let investors make money from free schools
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Aug 13, 2019
Free schools programme 'must change to survive'
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Aug 13, 2019
'Vanity project': debts pile up for English free schools scheme
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Jul 13, 2019
Gove says Toby Young wrong on free schools
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Jul 4, 2019
Free schools and UTCs: successful applications
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Jul 3, 2019
Free schools
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Jul 2, 2019
'Open more free schools in disadvantaged areas', charity urges
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Jul 2, 2019
7 ways to reinvigorate the free schools policy
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Jul 2, 2019
Johnson promises more schools funding from 'day 1'
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Jun 30, 2019
I started a free school: the new PM should ensure every town has one | Suella Braverman
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Jun 26, 2019
No need for school innovation now ‘we know what works’
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Jun 25, 2019
Luke Tryl interview: I'd like Uber to give us a lesson in success
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Luke Tryl
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Jun 22, 2019
Free school programme needs rebooting, says Gibb
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Nick Gibb
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Jun 21, 2019
Prestigious free school failed over staff safeguarding
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Jun 19, 2019
Gove: Give premier league clubs ‘responsibility’ to support free schools
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Michael Gove
Jun 18, 2019
New free schools
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Jun 14, 2019
Thousands of new school places in underperforming areas
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Jun 14, 2019
‘Strictest school’ gets green light for new secondary
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Michaela
Jun 14, 2019
Britain’s strictest school to open second free school after government backing
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Jun 14, 2019
The 22 new free schools approved by DfE
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Jun 14, 2019
'Serious questions' over free school finance failings
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May 29, 2019
How will free schools fare under the new Ofsted framework?
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May 24, 2019
‘Welcome to the world of free schools’: report reveals chaotic inside story behind closed academy
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May 21, 2019
Open academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs
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May 13, 2019
Former free schools chair broke the law over £500k payments to own company, report finds
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May 9, 2019
Investigation report: Manchester Creative Studio and Collective Spirit Free School
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May 9, 2019
The state of unregulated alternative provision is shameful
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Apr 12, 2019
Meet the ex-Tory adviser who wants Labour to love free schools
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Mar 22, 2019
DfE is paying 'excessive' free-school rent to ex Tory chief
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Mar 22, 2019
Thousands of places created in new special free schools
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Mar 11, 2019
Hinds announces SEND free schools
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Mar 11, 2019
39 new special free schools to open in England
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Mar 11, 2019
Dozens of new schools to be built for special educational needs and excluded pupils
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Mar 11, 2019
Thousands of school places to be created for pupils with special needs
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Mar 11, 2019
Government to build 37 new schools for troubled children to help tackle knife crime crisis
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Mar 11, 2019
Revealed: The 39 areas set to get new special and AP free schools
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Mar 11, 2019
The unanswered questions about a free school scandal
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Mar 8, 2019
DfE failed to ensure police investigated free school fraud
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Mar 8, 2019
National Offer Day shows us we need more free schools
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Mar 1, 2019
Empty free school sites will be rented to property guardians
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Feb 18, 2019
Free schools - launch of new application criteria
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Feb 6, 2019
Damian Hinds announces drive to create more good school places
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Jan 31, 2019
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Jan 31, 2019
Cost to taxpayer of free schools that never opened
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Jan 31, 2019
Next free-school wave to target 'underperforming areas'
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Jan 31, 2019
Social and emotional needs focus for new SEND schools
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Jan 27, 2019
Education Secretary calls on more schools to become an academy
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Jan 23, 2019
The proportion of pupils in academies and free schools, in England, in October 2018
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Jan 23, 2019
These Steiner ‘failures’ are really a failure of the free school agenda | Zoe Williams
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Jan 18, 2019
Lords debates contribution of free schools
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Jan 11, 2019
New free schools to benefit children with additional needs
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Jan 10, 2019
Some free schools were always ‘bound to fail’, admits former minister
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Jan 10, 2019
12:00 p.m. - Members of the Lords will debate the contribution made by free schools to improving educational standards
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Jan 10, 2019
Lords debates contribution of free schools
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Jan 9, 2019
Singer Charlotte Church says she will open her own school
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Wales
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Dec 30, 2018
Free schools: application information for wave 13
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Dec 18, 2018
Fact check: How many free schools have actually closed?
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Dec 15, 2018
The free school facing funding axe
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Dec 9, 2018
Failing Steiner school to be moved to new trust
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Dec 6, 2018
‘Inadequate’ Steiner free school faces rebrokerage over pupil safety
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Dec 6, 2018
Sikh school claims DfE gives it ‘little choice’ in its future
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Nov 11, 2018
The free school movement is a broad church
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Nov 8, 2018
Education Secretary urges Labour MPs to rebel against Corbyn's plans to scrap free schools
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Nov 8, 2018
Plan for new Michaela Community free school revealed
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Nov 7, 2018
Firm behind first for-profit free school is still losing money
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Nov 4, 2018
Ignore the critics, free schools drive up standards
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Nov 2, 2018
DfE to shell out £10m for 200 ‘external experts’
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Nov 2, 2018
Approved free school application forms: wave 11
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Nov 1, 2018
Approved free school application forms: wave 12
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Nov 1, 2018
Open academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs
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Nov 1, 2018
Free school slammed by Ofsted after refusing to enter any students for GCSEs
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Oct 29, 2018
School goes car-free and halves pupil intake in bid to secure permanent Hampstead site
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Oct 23, 2018
Newly opened schools don’t tend to have particularly great exam results
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Oct 18, 2018
Steiner free school closure threat over safeguarding concerns
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Oct 16, 2018
Did free schools really get the best progress scores?
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Oct 16, 2018
A-level results by school type
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Oct 16, 2018
School league tables 2018: Free schools soar, and 6 more key findings
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Oct 16, 2018
DfE wastes £2.3m on UTCs and studio schools that never opened
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Oct 12, 2018
Minister’s £340k free schools flop revealed
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Oct 12, 2018
Hinds: Labour plan to end academies is ‘control freakery’
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Oct 11, 2018
‘Leave our kids alone,’ Hinds to tell Labour in speech
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Oct 11, 2018
Technical colleges accused of failure
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Oct 11, 2018
Free schools: how to apply
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Oct 1, 2018
NEU comment on Angela Rayner speech
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Sep 25, 2018
Labour plans to end academies and free schools
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Sep 25, 2018
Damian Hinds: Pupils would pay the price for Labour's academy plans
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National Education Service
Sep 25, 2018
Angela Rayner’s academies plan is sound policy, but likely won’t satisfy the grassroots
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Sep 24, 2018
'You want to turn back the clock' Labour plots to stop Tory educations plans
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Sep 24, 2018
Labour conference: What do the party's education reforms mean for schools?
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Sep 24, 2018
Labour conference: No new free schools or academies, Angela Rayner pledges
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Sep 24, 2018
Labour will end academy and free schools programmes, Angela Rayner says
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Sep 24, 2018
Angela Rayner: No new academies or free schools under a Labour government
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Sep 24, 2018
Labour will SCRAP free schools and end new academies
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Sep 24, 2018
Labour conference: No new academies, Angela Rayner to pledge
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Sep 23, 2018
Labour vows to rein in academies and scrap free schools
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Sep 23, 2018
Labour pledges end to academisation
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Sep 23, 2018
DfE allowed trust to take on new schools despite serious financial problems
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Sep 18, 2018
Labour MP joins millionaire Tory donor to open new free school
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Sep 14, 2018
NEU comment on announcement of 53 new free schools
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Sep 4, 2018
Mark Lehain: opening a free school is tough – but so worth it
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Sep 4, 2018
New free schools to open across England
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Sep 4, 2018
Saracens High among 53 new free schools opening
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Sep 4, 2018
Hinds heralds opening of 54 new free schools
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Sep 4, 2018
The 20 councils eligible to share a new £50m free school funding pot
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Sep 4, 2018
Pioneering free school in London to be taken over by academy trust
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Aug 22, 2018
Free schools: open schools and successful applications
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Aug 14, 2018
Apply to open a special or alternative provision free school
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Aug 13, 2018
Apply to open a special or alternative provision free school
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Aug 13, 2018
Melissa Benn: our schools are broken. Only radical action will fix them
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Aug 9, 2018
What are free schools – and have they been successful?
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Jul 25, 2018
Why spend £840k renovating a school and then close it?
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Jul 24, 2018
DfE spent £115m on doomed free schools, UTCs and studio schools
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Jul 19, 2018
How to set up a free school in nine steps
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Jul 19, 2018
Free schools reproduce socio-economic inequalities, research shows
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Jul 12, 2018
Free schools ‘socially selective'
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Jul 12, 2018
Sixth-form rebrokered from troubled academy chain
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Jul 10, 2018
Let’s fix school structures, then we can turn to curriculum
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Jul 6, 2018
'Why the free school policy is failing'
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Jul 2, 2018
Free Schools: An ideological rather than an educational initiave
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Jun 29, 2018
'Why we need more great school leaders in the North'
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Jun 29, 2018
Next wave of free schools to target areas of greatest need
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Jun 26, 2018
England’s new provider unit likened to free school movement
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Jun 19, 2018
Flagship free school had 'predatory pupils' roaming grounds
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Jun 15, 2018
What are grammar schools, why are they controversial and what is the government’s £50m expansion plan about?
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Jun 12, 2018
Two Stoke studio schools near their end
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Jun 12, 2018
Bolton Wanderers Free School’s £380k deficit
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Jun 7, 2018
Fresh trouble for NCG as its flagship free school is forced to close
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Jun 7, 2018
£9m flagship free school to close just four years after opening
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Jun 6, 2018
Free school that left pupil behind on school trip to close
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Jun 6, 2018
Free school project hijacked by MATs as parent role diminishes
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Jun 6, 2018
A critical report on free schools actually shows their success
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Jun 1, 2018
Free for all? Free schools fail to deliver original purpose
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May 31, 2018
Confusion And Inefficiency On Free Schools Must Come To A Swift End
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May 31, 2018
Free schools fail to deliver original purpose
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May 31, 2018
Flagship free schools policy failing to deliver on promise of parent-led education, report finds
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May 31, 2018
Parents 'not involved' in new free schools
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May 31, 2018
Free schools not delivering on promise of innovation, study finds
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May 31, 2018
Only one in five free schools set up by parents, shows report
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May 31, 2018
Free schools have ‘failed to deliver change’
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May 31, 2018
Most free schools open in areas of need, and 4 other things we learned
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May 31, 2018
What’s the difference between grammar, private and state education and what is Theresa May’s free school expansion?
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May 29, 2018
Free school programme is being redirected
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May 29, 2018
Free schools boost for England's worst-performing areas
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May 29, 2018
8 per cent of free schools not inspected on time, and 5 other interesting findings from the NAO report on Ofsted
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May 24, 2018
‘Inadequate’ Gloucestershire free school to close
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May 23, 2018
A simple guide to the next wave of free school applications
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May 11, 2018
'Free schools have unleashed innovation. Fact'
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May 11, 2018
More free schools set for the North and Midlands
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May 11, 2018
Rapid decline in parent-led free schools
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May 5, 2018
The Tes Podcast: New school accountability regime, TAs and free schools
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May 4, 2018
'At our parent-led free school, we didn't enter any Year 11s for GCSEs – it was in their best interests'
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May 4, 2018
How the 'Big Society' dream of parent-led schools faded away
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May 4, 2018
New school proposals
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May 1, 2018
Doomed free school handed £250k to help it close
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Apr 30, 2018
Free schools policy under fire as yet another closure announced
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Apr 25, 2018
'Inadequate' £4.2 million free school to close 16 months after Tory schools minister cut ribbon
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Apr 25, 2018
Governors at free school that entered no pupils for GCSEs claim Ofsted bullied them
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Apr 24, 2018
New school proposals
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Apr 20, 2018
What it's like to study at the strictest school in Britain
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Apr 20, 2018
Governors quit free school where no pupils did GCSEs
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Apr 18, 2018
New special free schools get go-ahead from DfE
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Apr 4, 2018
Toby Young resigns as director of free school trust he founded
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Mar 29, 2018
DfE announces 14 new special free schools
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Mar 29, 2018
Sponsors for 14 new special needs free schools revealed
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Mar 29, 2018
Mark Lehain made interim director at New Schools Network
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Mar 27, 2018
Head of 'knowledge-rich curriculum' campaign replaces Toby Young at New Schools Network
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Mar 27, 2018
Universities asked to open more post-16 maths free schools
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Mar 26, 2018
Toby Young quits New Schools Network and blames media pressure
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Mar 24, 2018
Toby Young quits a second government linked role
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Mar 24, 2018
Toby Young quits role as head of New Schools Network after sexism row
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Mar 24, 2018
Toby Young quits free schools charity role after attacks
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Mar 24, 2018
Toby Young quits New Schools Network, citing media pressure
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Mar 23, 2018
Toby Young resigns from New Schools Network
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Mar 23, 2018
Toby Young resigns from New Schools Network
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Mar 23, 2018
Toby Young clings on to taxpayer-funded free schools role
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Mar 22, 2018
New school proposals
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Mar 20, 2018
Written answer re whether ESFA is required to consult local communities on plans for a new free school
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Mar 16, 2018
Government to open new wave of alternative-provision free schools
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Mar 16, 2018
DfE to invite bids for wave of AP and special free schools
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Mar 16, 2018
Free school threatens legal action over closure plan
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Mar 8, 2018
New Schools Network must win two bids to maintain current role
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Mar 6, 2018
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Mar 6, 2018
Written answer re when the DfE next plans to publish information on the capital costs of individual free schools
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Mar 6, 2018
No nonsense' schools that impose strict are raising standards among children
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Mar 3, 2018
Free school in planning dispute finds temporary site
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Mar 2, 2018
Funding threat to Toby Young’s free schools charity the New Schools Network
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Feb 28, 2018
Catholics pray for free schools miracle
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Feb 23, 2018
Future of academisation in doubt, spending watchdog warns
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Feb 22, 2018
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Feb 20, 2018
Floreat Brentford Primary free school to close
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Feb 9, 2018
Vulnerable children left out of school for too long, warns admissions watchdog
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Feb 8, 2018
A tale of two sixth forms: inside the East End Eton at the heart of Britain’s education divide
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Feb 5, 2018
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Jan 30, 2018
Damian Hinds: Schools have 'more money than ever before in the history of the country'
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Jan 29, 2018
Damian Hinds is ‘carefully considering’ lifting the faith-based admissions cap
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Jan 29, 2018
Free schools: do their outcomes justify the cost?
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Jan 29, 2018
Registration of free schools
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Jan 26, 2018
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Jan 26, 2018
Revealed: The hidden cost of free schools
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Jan 26, 2018
Secondary tables show free school pupils thriving
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Jan 26, 2018
Free schools are now the best in the country - it's time for the Government to renew its commitment to deliver more of them
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Jan 25, 2018
League tables: Free schools have best Progress 8 scores
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Jan 25, 2018
DfE let two free schools rack up £2 million debts over pupil numbers
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Jan 19, 2018
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Jan 18, 2018
At least a quarter of all free schools overestimated pupil numbers
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Jan 18, 2018
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Jan 15, 2018
Tackling misogyny
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Jan 15, 2018
Damian Hinds set to scrap cap on faith schools
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Jan 14, 2018
Knives out for disgraced Toby Young over role at free schools charity
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Jan 10, 2018
Who is Toby Young and why has he resigned from universities watchdog amid a Twitter row?
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Jan 9, 2018
Toby Young quits Office for Students to ‘get on’ with free schools work
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Jan 9, 2018
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Jan 5, 2018
Free schools: open schools and successful applications
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Jan 5, 2018
Troubled free school could go to wall without DfE financial rescue
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Jan 5, 2018
What are free schools, how many are there in the UK and what is Theresa May’s expansion plan?
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Jan 4, 2018
New free schools expected to halve with support scrapped in many areas
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Jan 3, 2018
Blackpool and Walsall ‘need’ new free schools the most
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Jan 2, 2018
Toby Young’s West London Free School names fourth permanent head in seven years
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Dec 29, 2017
Ex-grammar school principal becomes latest head of West London Free School
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Dec 28, 2017
Controversial free-school move gets government go-ahead
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Dec 21, 2017
Academy bosses appointed to powerful committees despite losing elections
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Dec 20, 2017
New free school wave in 2018 to be targeted in ‘challenging areas’
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Dec 14, 2017
Social mobility: Action plan to target free schools at underperforming areas
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Dec 14, 2017
‘Unlocking talent, fulfilling potential’: Greening to launch social mobility action plan
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Dec 14, 2017
School's success not possible without young staff, says head
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Dec 10, 2017
Free schools: open schools and successful applications
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Dec 8, 2017
DfE to target free schools in bottom-performing third of country
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Dec 6, 2017
Detention, manners and respect: Pupils love learning at Michaela Community School
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Dec 5, 2017
‘Drill and kill’? English schools turn to scripted lessons to raise standards
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Dec 5, 2017
Inside the strictest school in Britain
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Dec 4, 2017
LocatED annual report and accounts: 5 things we learned
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Nov 27, 2017
Research round-up 24 November 2017
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Nov 27, 2017
Warrington academy reduces intake, blames nearby free school
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Nov 27, 2017
Revealed: The free school ‘advisors’ worth £100 million
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Nov 25, 2017
Government urged to 'restart UTC machine'
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Nov 24, 2017
Bishops launch petition to lift faith school cap
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Nov 23, 2017
Free schools: open schools and successful applications
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Nov 21, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 17 November 2017
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Nov 17, 2017
There's no right or wrong in the free schools debate
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Nov 17, 2017
The Tes podcast: Academy leaders earning more than the PM, the truth about free schools, and testing four-year-olds
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Nov 17, 2017
Free schools in England – a report by the EPI
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Nov 17, 2017
New schools should only open where there’s a shortage of places, says NAHT
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Nov 16, 2017
Free schools not delivered on any of the promises
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Nov 16, 2017
The Chancellor should refuse new funding for schools
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Nov 16, 2017
Free schools programme 'failing' to deliver
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Nov 16, 2017
Free schools in England
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Nov 16, 2017
Free Schools in England: What EPI’s report is actually telling us…
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Nov 16, 2017
Free schools are ‘not being targeted' where they are most needed
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Nov 16, 2017
Free schools ‘failing to help enough poor white pupils’
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Nov 16, 2017
Are secondary free schools really achieving what they’re supposed to?
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Nov 15, 2017
DfE under fire from MPs for delay in seeking to cut cost of free school sites
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Nov 15, 2017
DfE refuses to publish report about failed free school Collective Spirit
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Nov 7, 2017
First free school run by for-profit company rated 'good'
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Nov 6, 2017
First for-profit free school rated good by Ofsted
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Nov 6, 2017
DfE spent millions on free-school property company before it officially existed
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Oct 30, 2017
Need to know: Five key trends in secondary school admissions
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Oct 23, 2017
New school proposals
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Oct 16, 2017
Provisional KS4 data 2017: How are free schools faring?
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Oct 12, 2017
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Oct 10, 2017
Labour and Conservative conferences focus on need to build an educated, skilled workforce
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Oct 10, 2017
Headteacher board elections: What you need to know
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Oct 9, 2017
UK's biggest free school bans mixed ability teaching
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Sep 30, 2017
Free schools outperform state schools and academies in SATs
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Sep 29, 2017
New minister holds dual roles at academy trust despite DfE guidance
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Sep 28, 2017
Theodore Agnew confirmed as new minister at the Department for Education
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Sep 28, 2017
Back to school for thousands of pupils as new free schools open
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Sep 18, 2017
Free school that opened a year ago set to merge with controversial Norfolk academy
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Sep 18, 2017
LocatEd announces first new free school
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Sep 18, 2017
East End Eton pupils to train as doctors, dentists or vets
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Sep 17, 2017
Two-thirds of schools have no vote in elections that could determine their future
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Sep 15, 2017
Revealed: The £16m cost of transferring academies to new sponsors
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Sep 14, 2017
New school proposals
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Sep 13, 2017
DfE to monitor partnerships between state schools and independents
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Sep 13, 2017
Councils seek more free schools to meet rising SEND demand in London
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Sep 8, 2017
Free schools: open schools and successful applications
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Sep 7, 2017
National Education Union comment on increase in new free schools
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Sep 6, 2017
Back to school for thousands of pupils as new free schools open
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Sep 6, 2017
Long read: The million-dollar teacher gives London pupils a taste of open waters
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Sep 6, 2017
Four out of five local authorities now have at least one free school open
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Sep 6, 2017
Top universities aren't interested in sponsoring academies, research finds
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Sep 5, 2017
Secondary school places crisis
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Sep 1, 2017
Councils want to force free schools to expand
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Sep 1, 2017
DfE's secret plan to share free school 'rewards' with private developers
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Sep 1, 2017
Half of councils 'unable to meet school place demand' within five years
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Sep 1, 2017
'Scandal' of plan to 'waste' £75m on temporary free school sites
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Sep 1, 2017
Half of councils will not have enough secondary school places by 2022: More than 125,000 pupils face missing out unless urgent action is taken
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Sep 1, 2017
Schools warn of pupil places ‘crisis’ as half of councils fail to meet rising demand
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Sep 1, 2017
Councils demand powers to expand academies as pupil bulge hits secondary schools
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Sep 1, 2017
Nearly half of councils 'risk being unable to meet demand for secondary school places'
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Sep 1, 2017
Don’t let religious apartheid infect our faith schools
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Sep 1, 2017
School places: Nearly half of councils don't have enough secondary school spaces
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Sep 1, 2017
'We need transparency,' say heads campaigning to scrutinise academies system
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Aug 29, 2017
GCSEs 2017: Free schools beat national average
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Aug 25, 2017
New school proposals
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Aug 15, 2017
Free schools: open schools and successful applications
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Aug 11, 2017
Mainstream free school revenue funding
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Aug 9, 2017
Just six people stand for election to headteacher board in North of England
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Aug 4, 2017
Toby Young’s flagship academy trust ditches ‘free school’ from its name
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Aug 2, 2017
Free school that omits arts and humanities rated ‘inadequate’
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Jul 31, 2017
Applications open to create 1,600 new special free school places
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Jul 28, 2017
Government must act on class sizes, says NAHT
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Jul 27, 2017
Class sizes rise as schools face real-terms cuts
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Jul 27, 2017
Daily roundup 27 July: Sugar tax, special measures, and padded bras
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Jul 27, 2017
Free school placed in special measures after failing to put any year 11 students forward For GCSE exams
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Jul 27, 2017
Rules on academy executive pay tightened following concerns over high salaries
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Jul 27, 2017
DfE leans on free school that entered no Year 11s for GCSEs
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Jul 27, 2017
Free school fails to enter any year 11 pupils for GCSEs because they are 'not mature enough'
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Jul 27, 2017
Bids open to create 19 new free schools for children with SEND
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Jul 27, 2017
Councils open special free schools applications, as more pupils go private
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Jul 27, 2017
School bars underachieving year group from taking GCSEs
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Jul 27, 2017
Devon free school rated inadequate by Ofsted in all areas
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Jul 26, 2017
Free school that entered no Year 11 pupils for GCSEs is put in special measures
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Jul 26, 2017
Intolerant religion mustn’t dictate England’s education policy
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Jul 24, 2017
Sir David Carter: Ten things that the best multi-academy trusts do
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Jul 24, 2017
Fraud, asbestos and a spike in complaints revealed by Education Funding Agency accounts
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Jul 19, 2017
Behind the £1.3bn school funding headlines: Tes answers your questions about THAT announcement
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Jul 18, 2017
DfE to raid existing budgets for £1.3bn additional schools cash
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Jul 18, 2017
Extra £1.3bn for schools no long-term solution to funding crisis, say teachers
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Jul 18, 2017
IFS: Greening's funding pledge amounts to 'real-terms cut over four years'
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Jul 18, 2017
Greening announces an extra £2.6bn for schools, funded by budget `efficiencies´
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Jul 18, 2017
School budget boost 'not new money' (video)
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Jul 18, 2017
Free schools lose out as Greening raids the budget
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Jul 18, 2017
Extra cash in school budgets in funding shake-up
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Jul 17, 2017
Magic U-turn allows Justine Greening to splash cash on schools | John Crace
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Jul 17, 2017
Schools will gain from funding shake-up, says Greening (video)
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Jul 17, 2017
Greening announces extra £1.3bn funding for core schools budget
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Jul 17, 2017
Schools to get an extra £1.3billion from the government
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Jul 17, 2017
£1.3bn extra funding is ‘just a sticking plaster’, MPs warn
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Jul 17, 2017
Schools to be given extra £1.3billion in funding in boost to teachers
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Jul 17, 2017
Justine Greening announces an increase into school funding (video)
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Jul 17, 2017
Justine Greening announces £1.3bn bailout over two years for schools (video)
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Jul 17, 2017
Free schools and healthy pupil scheme suffer under £1.3 billion funding boost
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Jul 17, 2017
Extra cash in school funding shake-up
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Jul 17, 2017
Justine Greening raids free schools budget for £1.3bn education bailout
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Jul 17, 2017
Tories to pump an extra £1.3 billion into schools funding in another dramatic climbdown for Theresa May
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Jul 17, 2017
Schools to get a £1.3 billion funding boost
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Jul 17, 2017
Anger as Justine Greening raids education budget to boost schools funding
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Jul 17, 2017
What does the evidence say about school funding and the National Funding Formula?
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Jul 17, 2017
Free schools should be valued – they are changing education for the better
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Jul 16, 2017
Extent of academy secrecy revealed as DfE publishes only 3% of papers
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Jul 14, 2017
New school proposals
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Jul 13, 2017
Nick Clegg: Public money wasted by 'arbitrary and financially reckless approach' to free schools
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Jul 13, 2017
Free schools are a cost-effective option
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Jul 11, 2017
Government 'could scale back free school plans' to boost education budget
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Jul 11, 2017
School admissions: why complaining to the watchdog will get you nowhere
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Jul 11, 2017
Free schools plan under threat from budget raid
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Jul 11, 2017
DfE doesn’t know how many free schools have sprinklers
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Jul 10, 2017
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Jul 7, 2017
Should universities be forced to sponsor schools?
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Jul 4, 2017
Oldham's failing Collective Spirit secondary added to list of free school closures
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Jun 30, 2017
DfE official named as regional schools commissioner for the East of England
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Jun 28, 2017
Tories quietly confirm they've shelved Theresa May's flagship plan for a wave of grammar schools
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Jun 27, 2017
Al-Madinah free school rebrands, but can't shake financial troubles
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Jun 24, 2017
England's largest primary-only academy trust Reach2 gives up two of its schools
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Jun 23, 2017
Just 150 seconds to decide the fate of a school
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Jun 23, 2017
Queen's Speech: Your guide to the education policies that survived and those that bit the dust
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Jun 21, 2017
What academies, free schools and colleges should publish online
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Jun 16, 2017
Academies funding allocation packs: 2017 to 2018 academic year
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Jun 16, 2017
Britain's strictest school gets top marks from Ofsted
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Jun 16, 2017
Free school championed by Gibb rated outstanding across the board
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Jun 16, 2017
Purdah is over, but it has paralysed DfE for 6 months in 2 years
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Jun 16, 2017
What does a no-majority government mean for education?
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Jun 15, 2017
Free school head to lead campaign for a 'knowledge-rich curriculum'
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Jun 14, 2017
RSCs made key decisions on academy trusts they later joined
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Jun 12, 2017
Secret Teacher: we need evidence on free schools, not blind faith
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Jun 10, 2017
Labour to scrap government's SEN reforms
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Jun 6, 2017
Are free schools good for my child?
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Jun 2, 2017
Voting for education
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Jun 1, 2017
Tory plan to ban school expansions is ‘not feasible’, experts warn
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May 30, 2017
Tory manifesto pledge is for only 17 extra free schools
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May 26, 2017
SFCA in the news
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May 25, 2017
Green Party manifesto
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May 22, 2017
Greens promise universal early education and later formal school start
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May 22, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 19 May 2017
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May 19, 2017
May's education revolution
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May 19, 2017
Theresa May raids free school dinners to feed grammar and free school plans - and buy off Tory revolt
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May 18, 2017
Election 2017: Conservatives will use university tuition fees to plug free schools funding gap
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May 18, 2017
Tories say at least 100 private schools must sponsor academies
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May 18, 2017
New Tory pledges: school admissions review, lower EBacc target and student loan relief for teachers
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May 18, 2017
Conservative manifesto
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May 18, 2017
Move over universities: the Conservative manifesto dissected
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May 18, 2017
Liberal Democrats would allow new council maintained schools
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May 17, 2017
Ten ways the Lib Dems want to improve schools
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May 17, 2017
Parliamentary hopefuls targeted over funding
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May 17, 2017
NAHT response to the Liberal Democrat manifesto
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May 17, 2017
ATL comment on the Labour Party’s manifesto
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May 16, 2017
Bolton Wanderers Free school governor who claimed £3,250 remains secret
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May 16, 2017
Greens pick troubled Isle of Wight academy for education policy launch
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May 15, 2017
Investigation: Flagship 16-19 free schools under threat
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May 15, 2017
An education system for everyone
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May 11, 2017
Liberal Democrats would boost education funding by £7bn, says Tim Farron
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May 10, 2017
Labour unveils plans for national education service
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May 10, 2017
General election 2017: Labour and Lib Dems pledge school cash
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May 10, 2017
Liberal Democrats pledge £7bn education funding boost
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May 10, 2017
Liberal Democrats promise to ‘protect’ school funding
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May 10, 2017
Britain’s brutal asylum rules allow a little girl to be uprooted with a day’s notice | Jess Phillips
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May 9, 2017
Where is Labour’s big thinking on education policy? | Fiona Millar
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May 9, 2017
Headteacher board face chaos as elections loom
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May 5, 2017
Catholic schools and social segregation | Letters
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May 3, 2017
Concern at high price tag being paid for free schools
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May 3, 2017
Catholic archbishop: grammars and free schools now on the hymn sheet
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May 2, 2017
Corbyn: Labour will let councils build new schools and take over academies
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Apr 30, 2017
A third of schools in England are underfunded by more than £1m
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Apr 28, 2017
Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in April 2017
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Apr 28, 2017
Election disrupts free school funding agreements
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Apr 28, 2017
MPs damning report into free schools
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Apr 26, 2017
Cash-strapped schools could buy cheaper photocopiers, says minister
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Apr 26, 2017
Government under fire over 'incoherent' school places system
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Apr 26, 2017
MPs attack 'increasingly incoherent' funding system for new school places
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Apr 26, 2017
MPs question government's 'grip' on new school places
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Apr 26, 2017
New free schools funding system 'incoherent' and offers poor value for taxpayers' money, PAC warns
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Apr 26, 2017
MPs condemn free schools policy as incoherent and wasteful
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Apr 26, 2017
Funding system for new schools ‘increasingly incoherent’, say MPs
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Apr 26, 2017
MPs damning report into free schools
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Apr 25, 2017
DfE to underwrite salary for free school ‘heads in waiting’ – and could even employ them in department
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Apr 21, 2017
Free school pre-opening guide
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Apr 21, 2017
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Apr 21, 2017
Children crammed into `super-sized´ school classes like sardines, says Corbyn
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Apr 21, 2017
Seated breaktimes – concerns grow over cramped school buildings
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Apr 21, 2017
'Children crammed into classrooms like sardines,' says Labour
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Apr 21, 2017
Labour focuses on pupils 'crammed into classrooms like sardines'
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Apr 20, 2017
Jeremy Corbyn: Children 'crammed into classrooms like sardines' due to Tory schools policy
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Apr 20, 2017
Ministers urged to ‘rethink’ or ‘delay’ introduction of 30-hours free childcare
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Apr 18, 2017
Daily roundup 18 April: Pupil monitoring, mental health and Brexit fears
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Apr 18, 2017
Announcement of a General Election
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Apr 18, 2017
Letters: close the grammar, free and faith schools
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Apr 16, 2017
Scrapped free schools 'wasted' nearly £140m, says NUT
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Apr 16, 2017
Government 'wasted millions on free schools which have now closed'
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Apr 16, 2017
Labour says free school programme 'neglecting' deprived areas
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Apr 16, 2017
Tens of millions wasted on free schools that closed or never opened amid 'unprecedented' funding crisis
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Apr 16, 2017
Revealed: how free schools boom helps England’s richest regions
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Apr 15, 2017
Justine Greening: education at the heart of our plan for Britain
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Apr 13, 2017
New wave of free schools approved by the Government
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Apr 12, 2017
Daily roundup 12 April: Free schools, honour-based abuse, and diets
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Apr 12, 2017
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Apr 12, 2017
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Apr 12, 2017
Free school applications: assessing the need for more schools
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Apr 12, 2017
More than 130 new free schools to create more good places
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Apr 12, 2017
Next wave of English free schools approved
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Apr 12, 2017
New wave of free schools planned despite secondary staff cuts
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Apr 12, 2017
Approval granted for 131 more free schools
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Apr 12, 2017
Grammar school among sponsors for 111 new free schools
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Apr 12, 2017
111 new free schools: The complete list
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Apr 12, 2017
Tories approve 130 'enormously expensive' free schools despite existing schools facing funding crisis
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Apr 12, 2017
Ministers spend five times the going rate on free school sites
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Apr 11, 2017
Free school headteacher joins Ofqual's board
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Apr 10, 2017
Eden’s free school to grow green pupils
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Apr 9, 2017
James McEnaney: Tory bid to hoodwink Scots with Free Schools
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Apr 8, 2017
Government ‘propping up’ free schools with loans
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Apr 8, 2017
Where will the next wave of free schools be? We still don’t know…
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Apr 7, 2017
Sweden free school slammed for ‘separating pupils by gender’
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Apr 5, 2017
Bolton Wanderers Free School under fire over promises in DfE application forms
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Apr 1, 2017
Government sets up new company to create more free schools
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Mar 31, 2017
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Mar 29, 2017
Department for Education launches property group
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Mar 28, 2017
Government-owned property company launched to buy land for 500 new free schools labelled 'obscene waste of money'
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Mar 28, 2017
New DfE property company will 'operate at pace' to deliver 500 new free schools
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Mar 28, 2017
Chief executive appointed at DfE’s new £2bn free school property company
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Mar 28, 2017
Government launches company to create more free schools
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Mar 28, 2017
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Mar 28, 2017
ATL comment on launch of LocatED
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Mar 28, 2017
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Mar 27, 2017
Bolton Wanderers charge a failing school almost £600,000 for two years' rent and bills at the Macron Stadium
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Mar 25, 2017
Bolton Wanderers Free School paid £600k in rent and bills to football club
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Mar 24, 2017
Everton FC: The football club that teaches troubled children
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Mar 22, 2017
Everton Football Club's free school for troubled kids
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Mar 22, 2017
Crossparty group of MPs unites to oppose May's grammar school plans
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Mar 19, 2017
Teach First head criticises 'depressing' grammars and says free schools don't work outside London
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Mar 18, 2017
Ofsted rates dozens of new schools 'outstanding' without exam results
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Mar 17, 2017
Theresa May's most stupid cut of all will be destroying our children's education
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Mar 17, 2017
Free school A-level dropouts among highest, and 3 more findings from 16-18 league tables
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Mar 16, 2017
Theresa May’s grammar schools project must not come at a cost to other schools, industry leaders warn
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Mar 16, 2017
Budget 'leaves thousands of grammar school places unfunded'
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Mar 15, 2017
Spring Budget: ‘A dereliction of duty’
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Mar 15, 2017
Free school funding will create fraction of places pledged in budget, says Labour
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Mar 14, 2017
Theresa May embroiled in fresh Budget controversy over unfunded grammar school places
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Mar 14, 2017
Ministers can no longer ignore protests over the school funding crisis | Geoff Barton
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Mar 14, 2017
Pupils 'hosed down' for asbestos and four other key points on school buildings heard by MPs today
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Mar 13, 2017
Government went ‘hell for leather’ on free schools, admits DfE top boss
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Mar 13, 2017
'Too much paid' to build free schools
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Mar 13, 2017
Flat Cash Ed hell
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Mar 12, 2017
Tories slash education spending while giving corporates and millionaires £70bn tax breaks
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Mar 12, 2017
5,000 schools face a 10-year cash freeze - as some warn they may have to charge parents to make up shortfall
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Mar 11, 2017
Rayner: Labour has ‘will and vision’ to improve education
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Mar 11, 2017
Ofsted chief cool on grammars as Justine Greening heckled by headteachers
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Mar 10, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 10 March 2017
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Mar 10, 2017
More than a fifth of academy transfers involve potential conflicts of interest
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Mar 10, 2017
Football club’s free school to close with £500,000 debt
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Mar 10, 2017
Pension row delays Bright Tribe free school takeover
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Mar 10, 2017
Government sets up £1billion fund for controversial free schools - but rest are forced into cuts
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Mar 10, 2017
Heads 'cut exam courses amid funding squeeze'
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Mar 10, 2017
Class sizes rising and SEND support cut due to funding crisis
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Mar 10, 2017
Parents and MPs sent warning on school cuts
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Mar 9, 2017
The return of the 11-plus is Theresa May’s first real Trump moment | Simon Jenkins
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Mar 9, 2017
Grammar schools: why academic selection only benefits the very affluent
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Mar 9, 2017
£320m to kickstart grammar revolution: 140 new schools to be opened as Hammond also unveils qualifications overhaul
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Mar 9, 2017
Free schools costs rise three times to £1bn
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Mar 8, 2017
More than half a billion extra for free schools, budget small print reveals
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Mar 8, 2017
'On their knees schools ignored' by chancellor
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Mar 8, 2017
Budget 2017: £320m for new free schools 'fails to address majority needs'
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Mar 8, 2017
Budget 2017: The 5 things schools need to know
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Mar 8, 2017
Budget: No new money for schools facing £3 billion funding squeeze
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Mar 8, 2017
Schools just want to have funds, Twitter teachers say
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Mar 8, 2017
Grammar schools: why academic selection only benefits the very affluent
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Mar 8, 2017
When’s a green paper a white paper? When it’s called schools that work for everyone
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Mar 8, 2017
Budget: Critics attack lack of action on free childcare funding
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Mar 8, 2017
Does the 2017 Budget help extend opportunity to all of our young people?
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Mar 8, 2017
NASUWT comments on the 2017 spring budget
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Mar 8, 2017
Spring Budget 2017: a missed opportunity for schools
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Mar 8, 2017
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Mar 8, 2017
Budget fails to address education funding crisis
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Mar 8, 2017
Grammar schools will improve the education system, writes Chris Roycroft-Davies
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Mar 8, 2017
'You’re talking nonsense!' Julia Hartley-Brewer rages at teacher's union rep in huge clash
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Mar 7, 2017
'I'll resign rather than make crippling cuts,' headteacher tells top Department for Education official
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Mar 7, 2017
Headteachers say Theresa May's grammar schools plan is 'fundamentally wrong'
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Mar 7, 2017
'Vanity project': Labour condemns £500m for new grammar schools
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Mar 7, 2017
Government should give all schools sufficient funding, not throw money at a chosen few
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Mar 7, 2017
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Mar 7, 2017
Government Budget priorities are ‘fundamentally wrong’, says NAHT
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Mar 7, 2017
2017 Budget won’t tackle funding crisis in our schools
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Mar 7, 2017
Why I'm giving education a huge boost: article by Theresa May
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Mar 7, 2017
Angela Rayner: New grammar schools plan an 'ideological attack on working class'
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Mar 7, 2017
Now parents can drive grammars revolution
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Mar 7, 2017
Set up your own grammar school: £500million plan for 100 free schools will hand new powers to parents
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Mar 7, 2017
More free schools pledged amid budget squeeze
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Mar 7, 2017
Budget: Government finds half a billion for free schools - and kickstarts the grammar revolution
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Mar 7, 2017
Budget to pave way for return of grammars
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Mar 7, 2017
Budget 2017: Could Philip Hammond be about to give massive boost to grammar schools?
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Mar 7, 2017
Budget 2017: £536m for refurbs and new free schools, but doubts over 500 target
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Mar 6, 2017
Budget to lift spending on schools by £500m
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Mar 6, 2017
Theresa May paves way for new generation of grammar schools
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Mar 6, 2017
Senior council official appointed regional schools commissioner for East Midlands and the Humber
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Mar 6, 2017
Council education boss appointed new RSC for East Midlands and Humber
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Mar 6, 2017
Budget to include plans for new wave of grammar schools
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Mar 6, 2017
Timpson announces £215m to improve school SEND facilities
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Mar 6, 2017
Richard Morrison: the Hallé Orchestra’s plan for a free school in Stoke is the way forward
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Mar 3, 2017
Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium: guide for schools
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Mar 2, 2017
Why free schools are vital to ending heartbreak on National Offer Day
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Mar 2, 2017
Sex education to be made compulsory in secondary schools
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Mar 1, 2017
Free school recovers from fraud and teacher stabbing to win 'outstanding' rating
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Mar 1, 2017
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Mar 1, 2017
School places – some progress made, but the challenge continues
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Mar 1, 2017
National Offer Day: Government is creating school places lottery
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Mar 1, 2017
Number of pupils offered preferred secondary school place falls in most areas
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Mar 1, 2017
Compulsory sex and relationships education set to be announced for thousands of school students
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Feb 28, 2017
Give councils power to set up academy trusts, MPs recommend
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Feb 28, 2017
ATL comment on secondary school places
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Feb 28, 2017
Can someone remind me why we need free schools at all?
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Feb 22, 2017
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Feb 22, 2017
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Feb 22, 2017
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Feb 22, 2017
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Feb 22, 2017
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Feb 22, 2017
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Feb 21, 2017
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Feb 21, 2017
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Feb 21, 2017
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Feb 20, 2017
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Jan 27, 2017
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Oct 29, 2016
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