News

Attendance rates improve this year, but severe absence worsens

Government lauds improvement in attendance this year, but number of pupils with 'severe absence' worsens

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Ruth Lucas
Behaviour

DfE review to tackle behaviour and ‘preventable’ exclusions

Government plans 'expert' review and new toolkits to help schools crackdown on misbehaviour, exclusions and bullying

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Ruth Lucas
News

Trust has ‘no plans’ for widespread virtual teacher rollout after backlash

Star Academies says plans for pupils to be taught maths from hundreds of miles away is 'not a blanket...

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Ruth Lucas
News

‘Little progress’ made in closing university progression gap

Progress to get more disadvantaged pupils to attend university has stalled, warns think tank

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Ruth Lucas
News

Taskforce launched to reform ‘broken’ SEND system

Former ASCL general secretary Geoff Barton will chair the panel, with recommendations expected by mid-autumn

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Ruth Lucas
News

‘Expand, don’t downgrade’ language hubs, urges report

Report on decline of languages finds pupils in poorer areas 20% less likely to study one at GCSE

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Ruth Lucas
AI

Public divided over AI use in schools

Adults generally support teachers using AI for administration, but are more likely to oppose its use for marking

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Ruth Lucas
Support staff

3.2% pay rise for school support staff agreed

But unions say workers 'will be disappointed' and 'far more' will be required in the future

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Ruth Lucas
post-16

Raising participation age to 18 had ‘limited impact’, study suggests

But researchers say the policy has 'untapped potential to expand learning opportunities' as they call for a review

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Ruth Lucas