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Natalie Perera
All articles by Natalie Perera
‘The Department for Education is stuck in a paradox over what to do with the new funding formula’
Time is fast running out for a decision on the long overdue reform
18 July 2016
‘Funding formula delays risk another year of schools being ill-equipped to make sustained improvements’
There will be grave consequences of not introducing a new funding formula by April 2017, writes the executive director of the CentreForum thinktank
14 June 2016
‘The gap in attainment between the very poorest and the rest is actually widening. Why?’
Much has been written about the underperformance of white British children. But there are other very pressing issues to explore too, writes CentreForum’s executive director
12 April 2016
Are we reaping the consequences of academy chains growing too fast?
The performance of large multi-academy trusts has been very much in the spotlight in recent weeks, writes the executive director of the Centre Forum thinktank
17 February 2016