SATs

Primary school disadvantage gap stops widening

But the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers remains way above pre-pandemic levels

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: Conservatives’ concrete crisis causes classroom chaos

A long-read on the week the RAAC ‘ticking time bomb’ exploded

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
RAAC

RAAC: ‘Everyone else has sat on their arse and done nothing’, says Keegan

Education secretary caught on camera suggesting she deserves praise for doing a 'f***ing good job'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: Ministers prioritised free schools over safety – ex DfE boss

Former permanent secretary Jonathan Slater says Sunak is responsible for slashing school rebuilding programme while chancellor – despite ‘crumbly’...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

DfE moves ahead with e-register plan amid attendance crackdown

Electronic register mandate gives education secretary direct access to live absence rates

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

100 primaries will get £2k grants for chess sets and tutorials

Schools in poorer areas to benefit from £250k investment, but scheme will reach just 0.6% of settings

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
A-level results 2023

A-level results 2023: 26% fall in top grades as inflation almost wiped

The proportion of A* and A grades issued in England is now within 1.3 percentage points of the last...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE pilots second enrichment scheme, but with far less cash

Just £2.7m for scheme to support schools to 'co-design' enrichment offer, after £21m predecessor programme flourished

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

ASCL’s election manifesto: 11 stand-out policy proposals

Union unveils proposals for political parties in new election 'manifesto'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson