Schools

Schools to be told they should teach pupils about vaping risks

Government has announced more measures to cut down on vaping in schools, but campaigners say much more needs to...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

Munira Wilson, Lib Dem education spokesperson

Munira Wilson, the MP for Twickenham and since 2021 the Lib Dems’ spokesperson for education, proudly describes the party...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

Law change eases way for church schools to academise

The government has revived a law change from its scrapped schools bill, removing a 'significant barrier' to the academisation...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

‘Enough is enough’: Special schools’ devastating budgets revealed 

Nearly nine in ten special schools are forecasting a budget deficit over the next two years

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

How schools became the frontline against hunger

Surveys show the number of teachers who receive food parcels has also rocketed

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Tutoring

Ministers abandon hope of Johnson’s six million tutoring target

Subsidy change means schools will fork out less for tutoring next year, but half as many courses will be...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Oak National Academy

Oak National Academy will allow commercial use of its lessons

Move allows schools to adapt resources and share outside their organisation, but U-turn on geo-restriction plans

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

Unusual trust job ad seeks ‘Curmudgeonly Eccentric Oddball’

Special school MAT admits it is 'not entirely sure' what the CEO role entails

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

School building condition data will be published this term, says Gibb

Pledge comes almost four years after landmark survey of schools was completed

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker