Schools

Call for funding reform and reception SEND check to close disadvantage gap

‘Persistently disadvantaged’ pupils end secondary schools almost two years behind their peers

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Bridget Phillipson: Full text of Labour conference 2023 speech

Labour activists heard from the shadow education secretary at the party’s annual conference this morning. Here is what she…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Labour wants to create ‘maths equivalent to phonics’

Party will devote part of its ‘teacher training entitlement’ to upskilling non-maths specialists in primary schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Starmer rejects ‘status quo’ of ‘outdated curriculum’

Labour leader vows to ‘shatter the class ceiling at source’ in conference speech light on schools policy

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Most teaching bursaries rise, but spend still £54m below pre-pandemic levels

Bursaries up in most subjects and re-introduced in art, music and RE, but English grant cut

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Phillipson: We need to do ‘much more’ on education

Shadow education secretary also said ‘resetting the relationship’ between the government and sector is key to delivering pledge to…

John Dickens
John Dickens


Ofsted

Labour: Ofsted reform a priority, but we’ll work with sector to get it right

Shadow schools minister insists reform will not be ‘done to’ schools and the inspectorate, but ‘jointly created’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
AI

Education ‘hackathon’ could test AI role in EHCPs and careers advice

The artificial intelligence firm linked to Vote Leave campaign wins £350k government contract to run first-of-kind event

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Alternative provision

‘Out of sight, out of mind’: The rise of unregistered alternative provision

Thousands of children are being educated in unregistered alternative provision where teachers require neither qualifications nor criminal record checks….

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

Jamaican teachers ease Harris Federation’s recruitment woes

The leading trust says it has hired more than 150 specialist teachers from the country in five years

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

Former Newham head leaves Star Academies after a year

Mouhssin Ismail was tasked with getting more disadvantaged children into elite universities

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
SEND

‘Astounding’ educational psychologists pay U-turn could impact schools

Education psychologists will strike later this autumn

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth