The early years ‘Best start in life’ strategy: Primaries to get ‘intensive’ RISE reception support New plan to boost school-readiness also includes more early years training for heads and reception teachers Freddie Whittaker 15h Freddie Whittaker 15h Admissions Enforcement ‘first’, legal threats and place ‘caps’: Councils reveal admission woes Watchdog report shows widespread clashes between councils and academy trusts as Labour plans school admission reforms Jack Dyson 16h Jack Dyson 16h School buildings Exclusive DfE officials ‘concerned’ over school building impact of Grenfell bans Warning government action against firms could hit ‘every’ school project, amid ‘concerning’ DfE emails Jack Dyson 18h Jack Dyson 18h News Phillipson launches summer reading drive to boost school-readiness Call for parents to read with their children more comes ahead of ‘best start in life’ strategy launch Ruth Lucas 22h Ruth Lucas 22h Exams Exclusive Ofqual scrutinising Edexcel’s A-level maths replacement paper Pupils complain that replacement paper missed swathes of content they had expected it to cover Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d News Government inclusion panel extended until April Government’s expert panel on SEND inclusion extended until April 2026 Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Ofsted Exclusive Just 0.07% of schools now fail safeguarding Number failing to meet requirements has decreased markedly in recent years Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Curriculum review ‘It’s refreshing Labour isn’t thrusting random vision on sector’, says Francis Curriculum review chair says government’s approach means her review won’t ‘tip the sector over’ Jack Dyson 4d Jack Dyson 4d Recruitment and retention The shapeshifting 6,500 teachers pledge Education secretary confirms promised teachers won’t all be new, and target omits key subjects aim Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Alternative provision Exclusive ‘Illegal school’ fear over unregistered alternative provision Children’s commissioner calls for wide-ranging reforms to a system she says is ‘failing children who often need the greatest… Ruth Lucas 4d Ruth Lucas 4d News A year of Labour: how are their manifesto promises progressing? As part of our series on Labour’s first year in government, we looked at the 30 manifesto pledges to… John Dickens 5d John Dickens 5d News Ofqual considering ‘action’ amid AI coursework concerns Exams regulator also has a crack team examining the ‘risks and benefits’ of artificial intelligence Jack Dyson 5d Jack Dyson 5d 1 2 3 4 5 6 984 Older
