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Money for hate crime protection could go to religious schools

Schools may be able to benefit from extra government funding to protect them from racist attacks after last week’s Brexit vote. In the Commons on Wednesday, David Cameron announced a new action plan to tackle hate crime following an increase in racist incidents over the past few days. “Vulnerable” institutions could access extra security funding […]

Pupils’ Brexit letter triggers voting age debate

School pupils at last week’s Festival of Education have condemned the vote to leave the EU with a passionate Brexit statement that says “Britain has chosen nationalism and exclusivity over unity”. The statement, posted on Twitter by Schools Week from the festival at Wellington College on Friday, was retweeted hundreds of times – with users […]

White paper is a ‘goner’, says policy expert

Major reforms such as forced academisation face being kyboshed in the wake of Brexit, Whitehall experts have told Schools Week. Policies unveiled in the government’s latest education white paper, published just three months ago, could be sidelined until a new government forms, and could even be dropped, they say. Those policies include plans to force […]

Reports delayed by the referendum could be published soon

A number of reports delayed by the EU referendum could soon be released by the Department for Education. The government has pushed back publication of a number of key reports in the run up to yesterday’s vote, with some concern raised about the content of the reports and the reasons behind delay. Now that purdah, […]

Brexit will lead to delay in policy – but frustrations should be channeled into positive action

What impact will the decision to leave the European Union have on schools, the policies from the government, and our young people? Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, gives his thoughts on today’s vote. Teachers aren’t just teachers. They are citizens, parents, leaders, campaigners, travellers and more. All of these […]

Brexit: Vote to leave the EU will delay education policies

Questions have been raised about the impact of today’s vote to leave the European Union on the government’s education policies. Prime minister David Cameron, who led the Remain campaign, announced this morning he would quit before the Conservative party’s conference in October. Leave won the referendum with 52 per cent of the votes. Headteachers’ union […]

We can’t ignore the high-fliers who are not being pushed

The last few weeks of EU referendum debate have shown how badly we do latent anger as a country. Whatever ideals one may hold, whatever the reality may be, swathes of the population nevertheless feel as if politicians have long ignored them and want to exert more power over their lives. By the time you […]

What would a remain vote mean for education?

What would a Remain vote mean for the Department for Education and schools? Schools Week asked Amy Finch for her predictions In the event of Remain, it will be business as usual for most of the government. The prime minister will continue to drive his “life chances” strategy, and the chancellor will push forward on […]