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 primary school in Essex has brought practical science lessons to life, literally, as pupils watched in their classroom as…

Nicky Phillips

Politics

Sadia Ahmed has won this year’s Tower Hamlets public speaking competition. The 15-year-old from Swanlea school competed against more…

Nicky Phillips

Politics

Andrew Hall, the chief executive of AQA, is retiring at the end of the year. Hall, who joined the…

Nicky Phillips

Politics

A brother and sister who are going for gold at this summer’s Rio Olympics returned to their old school in…

Nicky Phillips

Politics

A team of Oundle School pupils crawled their way through a 24-hour non-stop swim in memory of a pupil’s father…

Nicky Phillips

Politics

The Royal Albert Hall has launched a new Victorian tour to boost learning in key stage 2 history and…

Nicky Phillips

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