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Kathy Kirkham has returned to the troubled Bright Tribe trust as a director, almost exactly a year after she resigned as the chain’s chief executive. Documents filed with Companies House show that Kirkham was appointed to act as a director of the trust on February 8. She previously resigned from the trust on February 17 […]

Damian Hinds has given his first two major interviews since he was appointed as education secretary on January 8. The MP for East Hampshire has spoken to The Sunday Times, and appeared on The Andrew Marr Show this morning. Here’s what we learned… 1. More grammar schools will be encouraged to expand Although controversial proposals […]

A future Labour government will put sprinkler systems in all new school buildings and pay to remove asbestos and flammable cladding from existing sites, the shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has announced. Today’s commitment forms part of a £14 billion capital investment pledged by Labour, which the party claims will “bring all schools up to a […]

A lack of support from schools is making teachers “cautious” about blogging and using social media, an academic has warned. Dr Helen Woodley told the annual conference of the Chartered College of Teaching today that curriculum changes and increasingly “hierarchical” school structures undermine the voice of teachers, prompting some to turn to platforms like Twitter […]

Schools are being urged to ignore “dangerous” new guidance on pupils’ gender from a pressure group. Transgender Trend, an organisation set up by parents who “question the trans narrative”, has this week published what it calls a “schools resource pack”, offering advice to teachers and school leaders about how to support pupils dealing with gender […]

The Department for Education faces its second legal challenge over the data it collects on school pupils. Months after Against Borders for Children and Liberty jointly requested permission from the High Court for a judicial review of the way the government controversially gathers pupil-nationality data, lawyers for the campaign group Defend Digital Me have written […]

Trials of a new times-tables test for year 4 pupils will begin at around 290 primary schools from next month. Nick Gibb, the schools minister, today announced the next stage in the government’s primary testing reforms. He claimed the new online multiplication table tests will “help teachers identify those pupils who require extra support”. But […]