Assessment

The return of school league tables: 7 key findings

Languages hold back EBacc, gender gap narrows and SEND pupils fall further behind

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment

Secondary school disadvantage gap widens to largest in 10 years

Social mobility expert says government needs ‘to step up to the challenge immediately. There is no time to lose’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

DfE scrambles to save key policies as schools bill set for axe

Ministers and officials work on last-ditch plan to bring back priority proposals in different legislation

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Sponsored post

Introducing students to careers in the NHS with work experience in partnership with Speakers for Schools

Applications are now open for the NHS NextGen Nurse programme, offering free placements for 10,000 14-19 year olds

Speakers for Schools
Speakers for Schools
Politics

NEU pencils in teacher and support staff strikes for early 2023

Ballots for strike action among teachers and support staff will open next week, union confirms

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

DfE delays ‘devastating’ level 2 qualification reforms for a year

Ministers want to streamline the level 2 post-16 qualifications market

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Politics

NAHT will ballot heads for strike over pay for the first time

Unprecedented move from union with 35,000 members follows poll which showed most backed industrial action

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Tutoring scheme ‘failed’ in aim to help poorest pupils, study finds

National Tutoring Programme helped boost results, but long-awaited evaluation found most catch-up done in lesson time

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Revealed: The winners of the Nasen Awards 2022

Eighteen schools, individuals and organisations recognised for work supporting children with SEND

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Austerity 2.0: ‘No good news for schools’ as Hunt warns of cuts

Chancellor says ‘all departments’ will need to find savings, and ‘some areas of spending will need to be cut’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Vital special school rejected over plan for flats

The case reveals stumbling blocks for homes on school sites as the government renews its bid to sell school…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
School funding

What the future of school funding looks like under Liz Truss

Despite today’s humiliating U-turn, there’s still a huge funding black-hole – and public sector spending looks set to take…

John Dickens
John Dickens