Schools

Parents to get more of their money back from sQuid

Company said it had 'reviewed its refund policy' after Schools Week revealed parents' concerns

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Freddie Whittaker
News

Oli de Botton appointed ‘expert adviser’ to Starmer on education

Former head will leave role at the Careers and Enterprise Company this month

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Freddie Whittaker
Nursery

Revealed: The first 300 schools splitting £37m nursery cash

Ministers announced last June they would repurpose empty primary school classrooms to create 100,000 childcare places in 3,334 settings

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Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Teacher union reports ‘surge’ in concerns about redundancies

NASUWT leader says he raised 'serious concerns' with government about funding in December

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Freddie Whittaker
AI

Using AI to judge writing could ‘revolutionise’ assessment – trial

No More Marking says its trial found AI is 'very good at judging student writing and is a viable...

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Freddie Whittaker
News

Secondary special schools over-capacity by 8,000 pupils, DfE data suggests

Education secretary warns of 'significant gaps' in provision for pupils with SEND

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Freddie Whittaker
News

Unfilled primary school places up 6% in a year as falling rolls bite

Secondary school population to peak in 2027-28 and then start to fall, government analysis predicts

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Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Union anger as spring statement snubs schools

Reeves mentioned crumbling school roofs, but they won't get more capital cash next year

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Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Parents ‘seem to support’ new report cards, Oliver claims

Chief inspector to point to YouGov polling of parents as leaders continue to urge him to think again

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Freddie Whittaker