MATs

Wesley Davies, CEO, The Two Counties Trust

Most MAT chiefs are lucky if they get to open one free school in their lifetime. Wesley Davies has...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

‘Wake-up call’ as primary pupils struggle with maths post-Covid

Younger children still weeks behind pre-lockdown norms, showing PM faces 'many obstacles' in maths to 18 ambition

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Exams

Exam appeals plummet in wake of grading fiasco

The number of appeals against GCSE and A-level grades was 23% lower last year than in pre-pandemic 2019

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Up to 2,000 schools sought for air quality monitoring project

Free monitors rollout follows calls for monitoring in public spaces by the chief medical officer

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Christine Stansfield, chief executive, Mowbray Education Trust

Christine Stansfield tells me she was on the verge of pulling out of this interview because she feared she...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

Home education soars in the wake of the pandemic

Analysis estimates 125,000 children are now educated at home across England

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Oak founders abandon national academy

At least seven of Oak’s original 11 trust curriculum partners have snubbed the new quango by choosing not to...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

‘I can’t afford to strike, but I can’t afford to carry on like it is’

NEU members explain how pay erosion and a lack of school funding is driving teachers to take second jobs

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

MPs launch inquiry into persistent school absence

Education committee intervenes after persistent absence soared to 23.5 per cent post-pandemic

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker