RAAC

School delays return to class amid RAAC concerns

Long tail of crumby concrete crisis re-emerges as 'questions' raised over 7-year-old mitigation

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Holiday activities and food programme

Holiday activities programme extended for another 3 years

Department will use £600m from its three-year spending review settlement to extend scheme to 2029

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Poorer pupils do better in more disadvantaged schools, report says

Researchers also find worst-performing areas for disadvantaged kids likely to have more poor white youngsters

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
A-level results 2025

‘This is not about school quality’: how the north east fell behind

Calls for 'urgent' action to battle 'entrenched divides' as regional attainment gap grows again. Schools Week investigates

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Movers and Shakers

Tim Coulson named new DfE regions group director general

Unity Schools Partnership CEO announced as John Edwards's replacement in key DfE position

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Breakfast clubs

DfE seeks business sponsors to boost flagship breakfast scheme impact

Government says industry providers can help schools ‘make greater impact’ – and promises ‘promotional rights’ in return

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Schools

£22.5m announced for after-school clubs to help ‘isolated’ kids

Up to 400 schools will get a share of the three-year investment to boost extra-curricular activities

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Academies

Pioneering free school censured over ‘inaccurate’ budget forecasts

Notice to improve issued to one of England's first free schools amid string of rule breaches

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Schools say they need more funding to hit 2030 tech target

One-third of schools say they will be unable to hit new technology targets in the next five years

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks