Schools Bill

Children’s wellbeing and schools bill: the 15 key policies

Ministers get new powers over academy trusts, special school parents will have to seek approval to home educate, and...

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Freddie Whittaker
News

New reception baseline test needs ‘further development work’

The new test, which will include on-screen elements, has already been delayed by a year

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Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Loss of academy freedoms could harm improvement of toughest schools – CST boss

Leora Cruddas also says government 'must help us put a stop to all attempts by those who seek to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Children’s wellbeing bill to enact sweeping academies reform

Draft law would let councils open schools again, end automatic academisation of failing settings and make academies follow national...

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Freddie Whittaker
News

‘No evidence’ streaming and setting harms poorer pupils’ outcomes – study

But study also finds 'tentative signs' primary teachers feel more comfortable supporting struggling students when ability grouping is used

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Is Ofsted right to fear the rise of flexi-schooling? 

‘A switched-on parent can do more in 40 minutes of one-to-one than a class’

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News

SEND tribunals soar by 55%, and almost all still side with families

Ministry of Justice reports 21,000 SEN appeals in 2023-24, up from less than 14,000 the year before

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Freddie Whittaker
Home education

Home education soars by 21% in a year

And the number 'missing' education entirely has risen by 28 per cent

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Freddie Whittaker
Artificial Intelligence

Using ChatGPT can cut lesson planning by 31% – EEF study

Randomised control trial found teachers told to use the generative AI cut 25.3 minutes from their planning time

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker