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Louise Richardson: Lift the siege mentality

…Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. Today, we will all be impoverished if students from other countries find it too costly, too difficult or too…

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Mind the Gap

Summit Rapporteur Matt Rodda reports from today’s Sutton Trust/EEF pupil premium summit. Keynote speech: Secretary of State, Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP Sutton Trust/Education Endowment Foundation Pupil Premium Summit Wednesday…

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Funds shortfall for poorest schools

…life is a vital national endeavour that will pay dividends in providing a more skilled workforce and a more just society.” Read the full PA report at BT.com used in…

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School budget cuts undermining pupil premium

…as extra funding for children aged five to 16 from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, with the aim of improving their academic performance. But a report by the National Audit Office (NAO)…

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Election consensus and challenges

…main political parties than you might think. Indeed there has been a strong degree of continuity in approach since Kenneth Baker’s reforms of 1988. And this sense of commonality may…