News Hinds hopes ‘communications coalition’ will boost home reading and school-readiness A coalition of businesses and charities will be asked to help boost school readiness among young children by encouraging… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Pupils in Birmingham, London and north-east targeted for summer holiday food clubs Thousands of poorer pupils will be targeted by projects that will provide food and activities throughout the summer holidays…. Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Academy trust deficits rise but reserves grow for many The proportion of academy trusts reporting a financial deficit rose to 6.1 per cent in 2016-17 from 5.5 per cent… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y 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 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y 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 7y Alix Robertson 7y 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 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y 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 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y 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 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y 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 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y 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 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y 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 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y 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 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 1,003 Older