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18 May 2026

Author: Schools Week Reporter

‘Strengthened’ QTS proposals due out today

A consultation on lengthening the time it takes teachers to fully qualify into the profession is set to launch today and will run over Christmas. Justine Greening told MPs on Monday that long-awaited proposals on teacher qualification and career-long training would be unveiled before the end of the week. The proposals are expected to include […]

Distance is an unfair criterion for school admission

While parents do engage in school choice, the system of using proximity to determine admission means that some households have negligible chance of admission to the best schools, explain Simon Burgess, Ellen Greaves and Anna Vignoles Parents in England have just made their secondary school choices, and we have carried out some research looking at the […]

SPONSORED: NCFE develops 2020 vision for technical education in schools

At NCFE, we understand that every pupil, just like every school, is different and that the traditional academic curriculum may not help everyone achieve their full potential. Our comprehensive schools offer includes our flagship V Cert qualifications for 14-16 year olds which are a technical alternative to GCSEs, holding DfE performance points and recognised in […]

School support staff have borne the brunt of funding cuts

Over a thousand parents, teachers, school support staff and head teachers attended the school cuts lobby of Parliament on Tuesday, to bring the message to MPs that 88% of our schools are seriously underfunded. The fantasy that emanates from the Government that there are huge efficiency savings still to be made, and that it is […]

Sam Twiselton, Director, Sheffield Institute of Education

Sam Twiselton narrates the Carter Review of initial teacher training as a satisfying morality tale of evidence over ideology. The director of the Sheffield Institute of Education played second fiddle to headteacher Sir Andrew Carter as a member of the government-commissioned review in 2014, “sticking to [him] like glue” for months, as the pair toured […]

SPONSORED: How to create a successful digital strategy for schools

There’s no doubt technology has the potential to revolutionise teaching and learning. We hear plenty of stories from teachers who have harnessed digital learning to deliver a more engaging experience. Whether it’s making great education more accessible to everyone with online programmes, or bringing multimedia content into the classroom to spark discussion and creativity, we […]

School performance data: winners and losers

The Department for Education this week published school-level data on GCSE and A-level results, including Progress 8 and Attainment 8 scores. Here, Schools Week looks at the winners and losers from this week’s data dump. A zero-sum game Because of the nature of Progress 8, the national score is designed to be zero. But schools […]

WomenEd invites flexible working ideas for schools

A national networking group for women in education is calling for ideas on how flexible working can successfully be implemented in schools. At their national conference in Sheffield last Saturday, WomenEd national leader Vivienne Porritt announced that she has been invited to contribute to a Flexible Working Summit organised by the Department for Education, on […]

Pearson merges Edexcel exams and textbooks publisher – but insists staff won’t mix

Education firm Pearson has merged its schools publishing and UK exams arms, but insists it has “robust firewalls” to prevent staff developing tests from also writing textbooks. Pearson’s UK schools learning team, which decides the content of its textbooks, has been merged with the Edexcel exam board. However, it has insisted it will continue to […]