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Explainer: what is a 'coasting' school?

  • Written by: The Conversation
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Central to the new government’s education policy is a determination to “tackle coasting schools”. But what are “coasting” schools and why is the education secretary Nicky Morgan so exercised about them?

There is no agreed definition of a coasting...

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