News Poor teenagers more likely to drop university ambitions, study finds Poor teenagers who are not planning to go to university but who do well in their GCSEs are far… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Queen’s speech: School leaders welcome axing of new grammar schools School leaders have welcomed the omission of major new education policies from the Queen’s speech, which they say mean… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y 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 9y John Dickens 9y 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 9y Billy Camden 9y 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 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y 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 9y John Dickens 9y 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 9y Billy Camden 9y 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 9y John Dickens 9y 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 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y 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 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y 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 9y Billy Camden 9y 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 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y Newer 1 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 1,016 Older