News Key stage 2 SATs 2025: 62% meet expected standard as results inch up But attainment still hasn’t climbed back to pre-pandemic levels after 2022 drop Freddie Whittaker 4mo Freddie Whittaker 4mo SATs Scaled scores for 2025 key stage 2 SATs announced Department for Education publishes marks pupils need to meet the ‘expected’ standard Freddie Whittaker 4mo Freddie Whittaker 4mo The early years ‘Best start in life’ strategy: Primaries to get ‘intensive’ RISE reception support New plan to boost school-readiness also includes more early years training for heads and reception teachers Freddie Whittaker 4mo Freddie Whittaker 4mo Admissions Enforcement ‘first’, legal threats and place ‘caps’: Councils reveal admission woes Watchdog report shows widespread clashes between councils and academy trusts as Labour plans school admission reforms Jack Dyson 4mo Jack Dyson 4mo School buildings Exclusive DfE officials ‘concerned’ over school building impact of Grenfell bans Warning government action against firms could hit ‘every’ school project, amid ‘concerning’ DfE emails Jack Dyson 4mo Jack Dyson 4mo News Phillipson launches summer reading drive to boost school-readiness Call for parents to read with their children more comes ahead of ‘best start in life’ strategy launch Ruth Lucas 4mo Ruth Lucas 4mo Exams Exclusive Ofqual scrutinising Edexcel’s A-level maths replacement paper Pupils complain that replacement paper missed swathes of content they had expected it to cover Freddie Whittaker 4mo Freddie Whittaker 4mo News Government inclusion panel extended until April Government’s expert panel on SEND inclusion extended until April 2026 Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4mo Ofsted Exclusive Just 0.07% of schools now fail safeguarding Number failing to meet requirements has decreased markedly in recent years Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4mo Curriculum review ‘It’s refreshing Labour isn’t thrusting random vision on sector’, says Francis Curriculum review chair says government’s approach means her review won’t ‘tip the sector over’ Jack Dyson 4mo Jack Dyson 4mo Recruitment and retention The shapeshifting 6,500 teachers pledge Education secretary confirms promised teachers won’t all be new, and target omits key subjects aim Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4mo Alternative provision Exclusive ‘Illegal school’ fear over unregistered alternative provision Children’s commissioner calls for wide-ranging reforms to a system she says is ‘failing children who often need the greatest… Ruth Lucas 4mo Ruth Lucas 4mo Newer 1 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1,006 Older
