News

Watchdog extends probe into suspected school repairs ‘bid-rigging’

Competition and Markets Authority gathers more evidence in investigation into bids for the condition improvement fund

Freddie Whittaker
Ella Jessel
Climate change

Government ends school decarbonisation grants scheme

Programme to lower school energy bills will not be awarding any more grants, it has been confirmed

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Academies

Secret settlement ends four-year SchoolsCompany legal battle

But it is not clear how much the trust has managed to claw back, because the settlement agreements are…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

‘Most broken school’ rated ‘good’ in all areas

The school waited 11 years for a sponsor, enduring ‘inadequate’ Ofsteds and huge deficits before finding trust

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

King’s birthday honours 2025: Top gongs for northern trust CEOs

70 people with links to England’s school system recognised

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

‘An accident waiting to happen’: Schools forced to provide medical care for vulnerable pupils

Situation so bad one trust may be forced to take legal action against its local health board

Freddie Whittaker
Chaminda Jayanetti


Social mobility

Schools should ‘shut up’ about food handouts, says social mobility chair

Alun Francis also fears Ofsted’s focus on inclusion will lead to schools having to ‘bend over backwards to accommodate…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Teacher training

12 teacher training providers set for reaccreditation

Twelve institutions that lost teacher training accreditation following a bruising market review are on course to be reaccredited

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Exams

GCSE entries fall in German, science and history GCSEs

Exam entries fall in over half of EBacc subjects, new Ofqual figures show

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School funding

£760m SEND reforms cash to come from schools budget rise

Funding expert warns schools ‘next few years are going to feel very tight’ as leaders say settlement ‘well short…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

1 in 20 pupils now have EHCP after numbers rise again

New data shows 11 per cent yearly rise in number of pupils with education, health and care plans amid…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Free school meals

DfE faces renewed calls for free school meals auto-enrolment

Report warns of a ‘postcode lottery’ of take-up, with some vulnerable families struggling with the sign-up process

Freddie Whittaker
Jessie Williams