News

Revealed: The new activities included in GCSE and A-level PE

New activities including figure-skating, water polo and windsurfing have been approved by the government for assessment in PE qualifications....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

AQA chief executive Toby Salt steps down

Professor Toby Salt, the chief executive of the AQA exam board, has stepped down after just over two years...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Politics

Johnson re-announces latest free schools application round

The prime minister has re-launched the latest free school application round – more than seven months after it was...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

National funding formula: Councils MUST use minimum per-pupil funding levels from 2020-21

Councils will be ordered to pass on new minimum per-pupil funding levels to schools from next year as the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

No-deal Brexit ‘won’t water down school food standards’ – Williamson

The government’s standards for food served in England’s schools won’t be watered-down in the event of a no-deal Brexit,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Summer-borns: 60% of councils ‘more willing’ to accept delayed entries

Councils are increasingly open to allowing summer-born pupils to start school later, but parents still face a postcode lottery...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

What does Gavin Williamson’s leaked education plan mean for schools?

A leaked government document offers a glimpse at what the new education secretary wants for schools, but there’s no...

Freddie Whittaker
FREDDIE WHITTAKER
Opinion

Can statistics tell us if a school is inclusive?

Provision for SEND pupils is in the news again, but the story isn’t as simple as it seems, warns...

Freddie Whittaker
KAREN WESPIESER
News

Former NSN staffer to be policy adviser to Gavin Williamson

Katharine Howell, a former staffer at the New Schools Network and current aide to the leader of the House...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker