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Category: 'education'

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08 JUL 2019

Protests over schools closing early on Fridays

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: education

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: education

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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31 OCT 2018

£400m to help schools buy 'little extras'

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: education

Schools will get £400 million in extra capital funding this year, the chancellor has announced. Mr Hammond said the government was "investing record amounts in our schools", but acknowledged that "school’s budgets do not stretch to that extra bit of kit that would make such a difference".

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04 OCT 2018

1,000 heads rally against 'crippling' cuts

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: education

Approximately 1,000 head teachers from across England protested outside Parliament on Friday in a plea for increased school funding.

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27 JUN 2018

Secondary school offers children an “enrichment week” off in term time

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: education

A secondary school is offering parents the chance to take their children out of school for one week in July next year for an "enrichment week", the BBC reports.

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04 MAY 2018

Teachers to be offered year’s paid sabbatical to improve retention

  • By: nick.b
  • Category: education

Teachers are to be offered up to a year’s paid sabbatical, in a bid to improve retention rates in the profession. In an address to more than 350 school leaders in Liverpool, education secretary Damian Hinds will announce the £5m scheme.

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