Schools

DfE ‘repurposes’ cash for £500m energy efficiency fund

Money promised for capital projects to improve energy efficiency is being funded from a DfE underspend

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

SEND robbery: Ministers promise vulnerable pupils WILL get cash boost

'New condition' on extra £400m high needs funding to ensure special schools get fair share, but further details not...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

£500m for schools to make buildings more energy efficient

Average secondary to get £42k and primary £16k to 'futureproof' buildings, but energy bills support to end

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Mental health

Government has ‘not grasped’ child mental health service ‘crisis’

Lords are 'deeply concerned' at the state of children and adolescent mental health provision

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Mental health

Mental health: How schools are dealing with the ‘new normal’

Headteachers 'pray' the next tragedy is not one of their students

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Amy Walker
Schools

DfE plans to check pupil capacity in secondary schools

Local authorities could then use the updated numbers to force schools to take more pupils

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Plan B guidance for 2023 exams confirmed

Schools sound workload warnings over contingency plans for next summer's GCSEs and A-levels

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Mental health

Seven things you need to know about children’s mental health

One in four 17 to 19-year-olds have a probable mental health disorder, finds NHS survey

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Step aside Eton: new trust joins ‘elite’ sixth form race

The plans have had mixed responses from local education chiefs

Samantha Booth
Jason Noble