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Specialise schools show 'modest' benefits
Specialist schools fail to make ‘significant’ gains

The government’s policy of re-branding schools as ‘specialist schools’ has failed to significantly improve results, a report has found. Researchers from Cambridge and Staffordshire Universities concluded the extra money granted to specialist schools could be just as effective if spent on pupils in ‘bog standard’ comprehensives. Schools which specialised in subjects such as maths, science… Read more »

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Hidden costs of PFI emerging
MPs warn against rushed school building

The government should be cautious about relying on private money to fund new school building projects, a committee of MPs has warned. The Commons education committee welcomed the government’s investment in school building but said the benefits would be lost if the government rushed through projects. Around half of the £35 billion rebuild programme is… Read more »