Politics

Term-time holidays a ‘small part’ of attendance woes – minister

Catherine McKinnell says she’s focused on children who regularly miss ‘significant amounts of school’

1mo

Politics

A national competition that encourages students to invest in the stockmarket is now accepting applications. The Shares4Schools challenge invites…

Samantha Lauren King

Politics

An Olympian and an astronaut walk into a school… It sounds like the start of a bad joke, but…

Samantha Lauren King

Politics

Author and former children’s laureate Michael Morpurgo says schools should allow 30 minutes of story time every day to…

Samantha Lauren King

Politics

A new course dedicated to teaching girls essential workplace skills has been given the seal of approval by Margaret…

Samantha Lauren King

Politics

US ambassador Matthew Barzun invited students at Weston Favell academy in Northampton to discuss world affairs when he visited…

Samantha Lauren King

Politics

Sir Daniel Moynihan, the chair of the education honours committee, is encouraging more schools to nominate their unsung heroes…

Samantha Lauren King

Covid

The government is being threatened with legal action if it fails to update attendance guidance for vulnerable children and…

James Carr

Covid

Academy trusts boosted their reserves and surpluses last year despite the upheaval of Covid, official figures show. New Department…

Tom Belger