Schools

DfE snubs Braverman pledge for new blasphemy guidance

The under-fire home secretary had promised new advice amid row over damaged Quran school pupil suspensions

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SATs

SATs results delayed a week because of King’s coronation

One-day delay to key stage 2 tests due to May bank holiday means some schools will get results just…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Call to halt subsidy cut as NTP levels out tutoring playing field

Research published by The Sutton Trust shows the proportion of pupils accessing any form of tutoring is almost…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Teacher strikes

Teacher strikes: Unions’ calls for mediated pay talks snubbed

Education unions’ offer to open talks through the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service has been rejected by Gillian Keegan…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Support staff could strike as unions plan ballots over pay deal

Unison and GMB are urging members to reject employers’ ‘final’ pay offer, threatening walkouts in maintained schools and academies

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Politics

Sunak ‘bringing forward’ review of sex education guidance

PM says he wants to ‘make sure schools are not teaching inappropriate or contested content in RSHE’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Academies

Biggest primary trust plans to take control of its schools’ funding

REAch2 said GAG pooling would allow ‘strategic’ decisions and ‘solidarity’, but unions fear dozens of job cuts and want…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

DfE school sport plan: Two hours of PE a week and award for equal access

Two further years of PE and sports premium funding also confirmed, along with £57m to open up school facilities…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Most schools didn’t complete £17m early language catch-up scheme

Ministers announced in 2021 that every primary school would be offered support through the scheme

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Mental health

Rise in child mental health demand prompts call to speed up school support reforms

The proportion of children whose referrals closed before treatment has increased for the first time in five years

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Coutinho: ‘Important to take time and get SEND reforms right’

Children’s minister was responding to criticism of SEND action plan that ‘pushes tough decisions until after election’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

More Ofsted scrutiny would ensure ‘razor-sharp’ attendance focus, de Souza says

MPs hear schools are misusing attendance codes to disguise managed moves, and well-off parents abuse holiday fines system

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker