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Britons 'should learn Polish, Punjabi and Urdu to boost social cohesion'

January 17, 2017 at 10:33PM The government is being urged to create more opportunities for British people to learn languages such as Polish, Urdu and Punjabi as a means of improving social cohesion in local communities. Recent inquiries looking into obstacles to social integration in the UK have highlighted the importance of immigrants learning English

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Consider scrapping KS2 teacher-marked writing tests, says Ofsted director

January 17, 2017 at 09:27PM The government should consider scrapping teacher assessments of writing at key stage 2, a senior Ofsted official has said. Joanna Hall, the watchdog’s deputy director for schools, told MPs on the education select committee this morning that the government should “have the debate” about whether to “remove teacher assessment entirely” from writing in

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Schools put in special measures at ‘top-performing’ WCAT

January 17, 2017 at 01:26PM A “top-performing” trust handed extra government cash to takeover failing schools must now focus on transforming two of its own academies after they were put in special measures. The Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) was handed some of a £5 million government fund to set up academy hubs in underperforming

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