Maths

How a billionaire plans to make English pupils ‘world’s best at maths’

UK’s biggest taxpayer has already committed £25 million to boost maths attainment. So who is he and what’s the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

Law change eases way for church schools to academise

The government has revived a law change from its scrapped schools bill, removing a ‘significant barrier’ to the academisation…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

ASCL confirms date for first national strike ballot in union’s history

ASCL members in England will be asked to vote on strike action over the long-running teacher pay dispute from…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Stop abusing my teachers, trust CEO tells parents

Mowbray Education Trust’s CEO warned she faces losing talented staff over ‘personally abusive’ and ‘sometimes threatening’ messages

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
SEND

‘Enough is enough’: Special schools’ devastating budgets revealed 

Nearly nine in ten special schools are forecasting a budget deficit over the next two years

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

How schools became the frontline against hunger

Surveys show the number of teachers who receive food parcels has also rocketed

Amy Walker
Amy Walker


SEND

Educational psychologists to ballot for strikes over ‘real-terms pay cut’

‘Poor pay and conditions have resulted in an unprecedented recruitment and retention crisis, as workloads spiral’

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
SATs

It’s the same pay for double the work, say SATs markers

Capita faces criticism over slashed marking rates for the second year running

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Ministers abandon hope of Johnson’s six million tutoring target

Subsidy change means schools will fork out less for tutoring next year, but half as many courses will be…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

Publish full leaked teacher pay recommendation, unions tell Keegan

Full STRB report should be published now following reports of proposed 6.5% rise, leaders say

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Attendance

Six policies to get ‘invisible’ looked-after children back to school

First collection of data from the children’s commissioner shows nearly 1,500 children with social workers not in school

John Dickens
John Dickens
Oak National Academy

Oak National Academy will allow commercial use of its lessons

Move allows schools to adapt resources and share outside their organisation, but U-turn on geo-restriction plans

John Dickens
John Dickens