Holiday activities and food programme

Holiday activities programme extended for another 3 years

Department will use £600m from its three-year spending review settlement to extend scheme to 2029

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
GCSE results 2025

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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Lydia Chantler-Hicks
GCSE results 2025

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...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Implement uniform branded item cap ‘right now’, Phillipson tells schools

DfE tells schools to 'immediately' limit branded items 'ahead of the new term'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Profile

Matt Wrack, general secretary, NASUWT

The new head of the NASUWT has ruled out merging with another union “for now”, insisted his lack of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Schools ‘over a barrel’ as exam fees rise again

Cost of exams will increase at a greater rate than school funding in 2026, with some provided by AQA...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
PE and sports

Schools locked out of PE premium reporting system can submit returns in September, says DfE

Government confirms schools will receive 'support' to file returns in the new academic year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Unions

Matt Wrack wins NASUWT leadership election

Ex-FBU general secretary wins in first contested election in decades, but less than 5 per cent of members take...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Ministers ask for three-year teacher pay proposals and directed time review

Teacher pay body also told to consider a salary safeguarding reduction and allow maintained schools to pay bonuses

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker