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19 JUN 2017

Teenage girl takes GCSE in pyjamas hours after fleeing Grenfell Tower fire

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: GrenfellTower Examination GCSE Student Inspirining

A teenage girl sat a GCSE exam in her pyjamas just hours after she fled from the Grenfell Tower fire with her revision notes.

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22 MAY 2017

Scrapping free school dinners

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: 2017 election policy government dinners school

A Conservative manifesto pledge to scrap 'universal' free school lunches could see as many as 900,000 children from low-income families lose their entitlement to claim the midday meal, a leading think tank has warned.

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11 MAY 2017

“Shorter school week should be considered”

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: government education UK week schools shorter

The recent National Association of Head Teachers conference has sparked debate between headteachers, with some saying that government ministers are not listening to them.

 

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24 APR 2017

Corbyn: Labour to halt rise of 'super-sized' school classes

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: election general manifesto government education

Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that children are being “crammed in classrooms like sardines” and pledged to keep class sizes down if he wins the general election, in the latest of a series of high-profile interventions on education issues.

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31 MAR 2017

Key stage one SATs to be scrapped

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: education reforms examination one stage key

Controversial national curriculum tests taken by six and seven-year-olds in England are to be scrapped under radical new government proposals. Justine Greening, the education secretary, first announced she would seek views on changes to primary testing last year.

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Teenage girl takes GCSE in pyjamas hours after fleeing Grenfell Tower fire
19 June, 2017
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22 May, 2017
“Shorter school week should be considered”
11 May, 2017
Corbyn: Labour to halt rise of 'super-sized' school classes
24 April, 2017
Key stage one SATs to be scrapped
31 March, 2017
Canadian teacher wins $1M global prize
22 March, 2017
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