News Government confirms free school meals eligibility under universal credit The government will proceed with its plans to change the threshold for free school meals eligibility under universal credit,… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Questions over training and pay for school mental health leads Schools are still none the wiser on the new mental health “leads” after it emerged the government is yet… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Performance data on EAL pupils is ‘profoundly misleading’, warns EPI Attainment scores for children with English as an additional language (EAL) are “profoundly misleading” and “distorted”, according to a… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Ministers under pressure on funding for PSHE lessons Ministers are under increasing pressure to say whether they will make personal, social, health and economics (PSHE) lessons compulsory,… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Zero-tolerance behaviour policies exclude more vulnerable children, MPs told Increases in exclusions are being driven by “shaming” school behaviour policies backed by the Department for Education, experts have… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News SENCO forum is back up – but only for some The National SENCO Forum has been partially restored nearly three months after it was taken offline by the Department… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News LKMCo: ‘Give schools £10k per vulnerable pupil to stop exclusions’ Schools should get a large cash windfall to help them support pupils at risk of exclusion, a leading education… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Access arrangements for SEND pupils ‘too strict and confusing’, say exam officers Schools find exam access arrangements increasingly strict and confusing, according to the body that represents exams officers. Many schools… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Primary MATs have the widest gender pay gap Primary school academy trusts have the largest pay gaps between men and women according to new national data –… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Exclusive Ofsted rejects plans to monitor schools via social media Ofsted will not use information posted on social media by pupils and parents to identify schools in need of… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Exclusive Excluded pupils must have protective ‘bill of rights’, says education committee chair Excluded pupils should be protected by a “bill of rights” that would allow proper scrutiny of their school’s decision… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News REVEALED: The schools where the poorest pupils make most progress The poorest pupils have made more progress than their better-off peers at just three per cent of secondary schools,… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y Newer 1 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 985 Older