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07 OCT 2019

Smart Clinic wins Innovation and Enterprise Award

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: awards staff oh support absence management

The 16th Cheshire Business Awards ceremony took place at Chester Racecourse last Friday (4th October 2019). The awards culminated in a major ceremony and dinner to present the prestigious awards, recognising enterprise, achievement and innovation across Cheshire.

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10 SEP 2019

New teachers' salary in England could reach £30,000

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: teacher pay government reform England

Starting salaries for teachers could rise by up to £6,000 under government plans to reform pay. The proposal would mean that a new teacher would earn a minimum of £30,000 from 2022/23, a significant increase from the current minimum in England and Wales (excluding London), which is £23,720.

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08 JUL 2019

Protests over schools closing early on Fridays

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: education UK funding cuts government policy

Hundreds of children, parents and teachers from across England travelled to London last week to protest against schools closing early on a Friday.

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20 JUN 2019

Teachers in England work longest hours in Europe, global survey reveals

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: teachers education survey statistics UK

A new international survey has revealed that teachers in England work more hours than anywhere else in Europe. The survey of teachers and school leaders in 48 countries conducted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) revealed that secondary teachers in England worked 46.9 hours a week on average, the fourth-highest workload of the 48 countries polled.

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10 JUN 2019

Council launches free school meals pilot scheme

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: council scheme school meals pupils UK

Hammersmith and Fulham (H&F) council has launched a pilot scheme which gives all pupils free breakfast and lunch irrespective of their background.

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Smart Clinic wins Innovation and Enterprise Award
07 October, 2019
New teachers' salary in England could reach £30,000
10 September, 2019
Protests over schools closing early on Fridays
08 July, 2019
Teachers in England work longest hours in Europe, global survey reveals
20 June, 2019
Council launches free school meals pilot scheme
10 June, 2019
Why a good Ofsted report can be bad for GCSE results
20 May, 2019
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