Politics

Ex Downing Street, Treasury and DfE advisor Tim Leunig

Tim Leunig is the brains behind some of the biggest education policies of the past decade. He also came...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
SEND

DfE to collect data on children with Down syndrome

Schools will be required to report how many children with Down syndrome they educate

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Workload

Small schools dub new workload admin list ‘unrealistic’

Schools need more funding to cut teacher working hours, warn leaders

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Ministers promise to unveil ‘detailed net-zero roadmap’ for schools

Barran says current rebuilding schemes alone 'will not enable the education estate to meet targets'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Schools offered £3k to appoint ‘maths champions’

Revamped charity headed by ex-DfE adviser wants to make maths the 'SAS of subjects' amid fears 30k promising pupils...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Can online schools solve the post-Covid attendance crisis?

In total, 22.3 per cent of pupils missed more than one in 10 sessions in the last academic year,...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
School funding

Schools sound alarm over ‘frightening’ 11% funding raid

Council warns it will effectively go bankrupt if its soaring budget black hole is not resolved

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Trusts plan their own private SEND schools amid place crisis

Government free school support contractor working with five academy trusts on proposals to 'drive down prices'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Poorer pupils less likely to attend top comprehensives

Schools with best progress 8 scores have a lower proportion of disadvantaged pupils than their catchment areas, study finds

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker