Politics

Phillipson faces first education questions from MPs

SEND and private VAT plan dominate the schools agenda during Commons exchange

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND: Two in five EHCP decisions took more than 6 months

It comes as MPs warn ministers of desperate situations in their constituencies

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted enlists charities’ help as it plans inclusion ‘criterion’

Leaders welcome focus on inclusion, but warn against creating 'perverse incentives' for schools

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Oak National Academy

Meet Aila, Oak Academy’s new AI assistant

Union leader hopes the tool 'gives teachers their Sunday nights back'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Attendance

New council seeks solutions to ‘lost learning’ from absence and exclusions

Research finds 32 million days were lost to unauthorised absence and exclusions in 2022-23

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Some Ofsted reports will seem more positive without headline grades

Three in five schools rated ‘requires improvement’ last year had two or more ‘good’ sub-grades

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
GCSE results 2024

GCSE results 2024: 7 key trends in England’s data

Exam results are published for the second year of 'normal' results since the pandemic disruption

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Jack Dyson