News

Government names first 21 new ‘behaviour and attendance hubs’

And Tom Bennett and Jayne Lowe revealed as ambassadors for the new scheme

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
RAAC

School delays return to class amid RAAC concerns

Long tail of crumby concrete crisis re-emerges as ‘questions’ raised over 7-year-old mitigation

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Cyber security

School staff personal data potentially ‘compromised’ in Intradev cyber attack

Data breach reported by IT firm Intradev may have affected data held by School Central Record, which includes addresses…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Holiday activities and food programme

Holiday activities programme extended for another 3 years

Department will use £600m from its three-year spending review settlement to extend scheme to 2029

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
AI

Two in five teachers feel they’re ‘cheating’ when using AI

Teachers are caught between enthusiasm for AI and worries about authentic education, Bett study finds

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Pensions

Handover of £233m teachers’ pensions contract to Tata delayed

Capita’s handover of contract it ran for almost 30 years postponed from October to next summer

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks


GCSE results 2025

Bauckham concerned over switches from triple to double science GCSE

But too early to ‘infer a trend’ as data suggests 10,000 switch from three separate qualifications to double award

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Movers and Shakers

New David Ross trust CEO ‘no longer able to take role’

MAT reveals Julian Appleyard will not take over as CEO as planned after ‘change in personal circumstances’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
GCSE results 2025

GCSE results 2025: Which subjects saw the biggest rises in top grades?

14 out of 15 most popular GCSE subjects saw a rise in top grades

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
GCSE results 2025

GCSE results 2025: 8 key trends in England’s data

Schools Week’s round-up as top grades rise again

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
GCSE results 2025

GCSEs 2025: Top grades rise again but Ofqual hails ‘continued stability’

Proportion of GCSEs at grade 7 and above up 1.8 per cent on last year and 5.5 per cent…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Poorer pupils do better in more disadvantaged schools, report says

Researchers also find worst-performing areas for disadvantaged kids likely to have more poor white youngsters

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson