Poorer pupils do better in more disadvantaged schools, report says Researchers also find worst-performing areas for disadvantaged kids likely to have more poor white youngsters
‘This is not about school quality’: how the north east fell behind Calls for ‘urgent’ action to battle ‘entrenched divides’ as regional attainment gap grows again. Schools Week investigates
A-level results 2025: 8 key trends in England’s data Your handy Schools Week round up of the key trends in this year’s A-level results
Young offenders to be pulled out of country’s first secure school Charity running the school says youngsters will be moved to other facilities until faulty doors fiasco resolved
Tim Coulson named new DfE regions group director general Unity Schools Partnership CEO announced as John Edwards’s replacement in key DfE position
Special trust to join 16-school MAT Merger plans revealed for ‘truly inclusive’ trust as more MATs look to add SEND expertise
Pioneering free school censured over ‘inaccurate’ budget forecasts Notice to improve issued to one of England’s first free schools amid string of rule breaches
WJEC exam board fined £350k after wrong food GCSE results Ofqual to issue WJEC with six-figure penalty after 1,527 food preparation and nutrition GCSE pupils received incorrect results
Pupils lose court fight over ‘unpleasant and distressing’ isolation policy School had not ‘crossed the boundaries of what the law or good practice permits’, judge says