Schools Exclusive 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 3y Samantha Booth 3y 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 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y 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 3y Amy Walker 3y 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 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y 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 3y Tom Belger 3y 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 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y 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 3y Tom Belger 3y 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 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y 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 3y Amy Walker 3y 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 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y 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 3y Samantha Booth 3y 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 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Newer 1 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 1,007 Older