News

Councils brace for another big rise in SEND transport and admin costs

Local authorities expect to spend £1.5 billion on transport for SEND pupils this year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Labour conference 2024: Bridget Phillipson’s speech in full

The education secretary addressed party members at their annual gathering in Liverpool

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Phillipson wants school-based nurseries open next year under £15m capital scheme

Up to 300 primary schools will be handed funding in the spring to convert empty classrooms

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Curriculum

Curriculum review call for evidence: what schools need to know

The government has this morning published its call for evidence for its wide-ranging review of the curriculum. We already…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Q and A: Becky Francis on the problems her curriculum review is trying to solve

Schools Week speaks to curriculum review chair Becky Francis as a call for evidence is launched …

John Dickens
John Dickens
Falling rolls

Falling rolls crisis hits LA schools hardest, study finds

NFER also found that schools with lower Ofsted ratings saw larger drops in primary pupil numbers

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey


Skills England

Skills England to support schools on careers education

New skills quango chair says ‘foundation of any skills development is satisfactory levels of attainment in literacy and numeracy’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Free school meals

Minister ‘keen to learn’ from Khan’s free school meals policy

Stephen Morgan reveals ‘live conversation’ in government over potential future ‘interventions’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Labour conference round-up: Curriculum, teacher hours and report cards

Curriculum review ‘big bangs’, reviewing the teacher working hours limit and encouraging specialist teachers to swap subjects all on…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Trust boss: Time to review ‘archaic’ teaching hours limit

Lift Schools chief executive says ‘we can’t continue to rigidly count hours if we want to be seen as…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Politics

Labour conference round-up: SEND, inclusion and breakfast clubs

SEND reforms, breakfast clubs and making the school workforce more inclusive were all on the agenda as the Labour…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
SEND

Phillipson hints at wider SEND reforms

Education secretary says ‘we need to have a conversation about how we look to reform the system overall’

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter