Restrict EHCPs to pupils with most severe needs, says children’s commissioner Report calls for education, health and care plans to be split into three tiers of support
Schools underestimate extent of pupil need, finds survey Secondary schools ‘more concerned’ about funding of external services than their own financial situation
Reshuffle: Three new education ministers as McKinnell, Morgan and Daby depart Phillipson retained as education secretary, but three new ministers appointed in Starmer reshuffle
Schools with poorer intakes prioritised for £45m nurseries cash DfE invites applications for second phase of programme aimed at converting spare primary classrooms into nursery provision
Schools more disorderly and parents less supportive of behaviour rules Government’s annual school behaviour survey also finds pupils feel less safe, with more bullying over their race or ethnicity
School staff personal data potentially ‘compromised’ in Intradev cyber attack Data breach reported by IT firm Intradev may have affected data held by School Central Record, which includes addresses and passport numbers
Holiday activities programme extended for another 3 years Department will use £600m from its three-year spending review settlement to extend scheme to 2029
Bauckham concerned over switches from triple to double science GCSE But too early to ‘infer a trend’ as data suggests 10,000 switch from three separate qualifications to double award
GCSEs 2025: Top grades rise again but Ofqual hails ‘continued stability’ Proportion of GCSEs at grade 7 and above up 1.8 per cent on last year and 5.5 per cent on pre-pandemic 2019