News

School-led teacher training routes pull further ahead

The proportion of trainee teachers that took the government’s favoured school-led route into the profession increased again last year,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Special Educational Needs: Five findings from the latest statistics

This morning the government has published the latest statistics on pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and the provision…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Only ‘knowledge-rich’ schools eligible for £2.4 million fund to reduce workload

Only schools with a “knowledge-rich” curriculum will be able to apply for a multi-million pound funding pot that will…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

GCSE and A-level exam boards launch malpractice review

The four exam boards responsible for GCSEs and A-levels in England have launched an independent review of exam cheating….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Headteachers warn universities about leap in unconditional offers

The number of unconditional offers made by universities has jumped by 32 per cent in just one year, and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Government strikes back at mental health green paper critics

The government “completely rejects” the finding of two committees that its mental health green paper lacks ambition, will be…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


News

Make schools publish termly exclusions and leavers data, and 9 other recommendations from the education committee

Schools should be forced to publish termly data on the number of exclusions they make and the number of…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

EPI: Disadvantage gap will take over 100 years to close

Progress in closing the disadvantage gap is “stalling”, and it will take over a century for poorer pupils to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Revealed: The areas with the biggest disadvantage gap

Poorer pupils on the Isle of Wight are 27.2 months behind their better-off peers by the end of key…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Make schools more accountable for ‘forgotten’ excluded pupils, say MPs

Schools lack the “moral accountability” to look after challenging pupils, and must be made more accountable for the children…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

First school mental health support teams will be set to work ‘by the end of 2019’

New mental health support teams will start working with schools “by the end of 2019”, the government has confirmed….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Five graphs that reveal why better teacher pay should be a ‘matter of priority’

The decline in teacher pay compared with other graduate professions must be addressed “as a matter of priority”, the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg