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May’s grammar challenge revealed as Conservative MPs voice fears

The true extent of the opposition faced by the government over its plans to allow new grammar schools to open has been revealed as Conservative MPs voiced their fears in Parliament, with the Scottish National Party joining Labour in vowing to fight the policy “tooth and nail”. At least 12 MPs from the government benches have today indicated their potential opposition […]

Greening to unveil grammar schools green paper this afternoon

The government’s green paper on plans for new grammar schools and other school reforms will be laid before Parliament this afternoon. The Department for Education has confirmed that Justine Greening, the education secretary, will address MPs in the House of Commons at 3.30pm to kick off a consultation on the proposals, which were set out by […]

Grammar schools: Minister hopes to ‘persuade’ Conservative rebels

The full details of Theresa May’s plan for new grammar schools will be “very persuasive” for Conservative opponents of the policy, the schools minister Nick Gibb has claimed. Gibb told the ResearchED conference in north London this morning that the green paper consultation document outlining the details of the reforms would be released on Monday. School leaders […]

Landmark ruling means teachers may have to reveal more about private lives

A landmark court ruling on a headteacher’s failure to disclose her relationship with a convicted sex offender could mean school staff will be asked to reveal more about their private lives in future, legal experts have warned. The Court of Appeal recently quashed the unnamed former headteacher’s bid to overturn her dismissal in 2011, when […]

Grammar petition launched as Labour works with Conservative rebels

Opposition to Theresa May’s planned grammar schools is already growing, with a petition already gathering signatures as Conservative MPs are preparing to work with Labour to vote against their own government. A petition set up by the Fair Education Alliance is opened immediately after the prime minister  detailed her plan for selective school reforms in […]

拢50 million a year to expand good grammar schools

The government will spend £50 million a year on the expansion of existing grammar schools, Theresa May has announced. The prime minister confirmed in a speech this morning that the money would be spent on helping good and outstanding selective schools to grow, and would kick-start a raft of reforms which could eventually see new grammar […]

May: New grammar schools will help create ‘true meritocracy’

An “ambitious package of education reforms” including new grammar schools and measures to force top universities to sponsor schools will help make the country “a true meritocracy”, the prime minister will claim this morning. In a major speech, Theresa May will launch the new government’s green paper, including plans to scrap the “arbitrary rule” which […]

Grammars taking poorer pupils could face higher teacher turnover

Grammar schools attempting to show they can reform by taking more pupils from low income families could be “put off” by higher levels of teacher turnover, it has been warned. New analysis of school workforce data shows ongoing issues with staff retention and higher proportions of unqualified teachers at schools taking the highest proportion of poor […]

Teach First ditches PGCE for new diploma

Teach First is to replace its current programme with a two-year postgraduate diploma (PGDE), giving its paid participants two thirds of a master’s degree and leaving them more qualified than those who fork out up to £9,000 to do a university-based Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE). Graduates with the charity currently spend a year doing […]