News Queen’s speech: Government will ensure ‘fairer funding’ for schools The government has pledged to deliver fairer funding for schools in the Queen’s speech today. The speech, written by… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Public confused on grammars, research suggests The public appears to be split about whether government plans to expand grammar schools should go ahead or not,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News DfE ‘must drop’ inspection funding agreement with faith groups The government should “get rid” of an agreement that allows religious groups to receive millions of pounds to inspect… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News May ‘drops’ plans to axe free meals for infants from Queen’s Speech Prime minister Theresa May has axed controversial plans to scrap free lunches for primary pupils and instead offer free… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Unions demand ‘urgent reassurances’ on school fire safety after Grenfell blaze Two education unions have joined with fire officers to demand “urgent reassurances” from Justine Greening about fire safety in… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Investigation: Schools lose access to police officers as cuts bite Schools are beginning to lose their access to dedicated police officers as cuts bite, with new figures obtained by… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News NUT staff at London school to strike outside DfE Teachers and parents are set to strike on a picket line outside the Department for Education’s (DfE) London offices… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Calls for IT qualification to be saved as computing take-up stalls A key group behind the government’s computing reforms has urged ministers to reinstate a “reformed” IT GCSE after new… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News INVESTIGATION: Only 1 in 3 new schools has sprinklers – and ‘expectation’ to fit them due to be removed from DfE policy The proportion of new schools being built with fire-preventing sprinklers has halved to just 35 per cent since 2010,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Teacher interventions in pupil fights cost thousands in compensation Teachers injured while breaking up fights between pupils are claiming tens of thousands of pounds each in compensation –… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Racial hate crimes in schools surge in wake of Brexit Schools across the country have experienced a surge in racial hate crimes in the aftermath of Brexit, new figures… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News More than half of MPs educated in state comprehensives More than half of the country’s MPs are comprehensively-educated for the first time, in a shift academics say is… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y Newer 1 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 979 Older
