Coroner considering ‘enhanced’ inquest into Ruth Perry death Decision due in August on whether to hold article 2 inquest – for cases where the state has ‘failed to protect the deceased’
NFER: Extend ‘levelling-up’ retention payments to all deprived schools Report also warns 6.5% pay rise won’t solve teacher recruitment and retention woes on its own
Key stage 2 SATs: Overall results same as 2022, but reading falls 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths again this year
Scaled scores for 2023 key stage 2 SATs announced DfE publishes marks pupils need to meet the ‘expected’ standard
IfS: Labour private schools plan could boost public purse by £1.3bn Think tank predicts only ‘small movement’ of pupils into state schools if Starmer enacts VAT plan
Teenage boy arrested after teacher stabbing at Tewkesbury School A Gloucestershire secondary school is in lockdown today, with education secretary Gillian Keegan ‘deeply concerned’ after incident
Rotherham academies thought LA was in charge of admissions Heads believed council was their admission authority – despite academies being in control of entry to their schools
Ofsted CPD warning over non-specialist maths teachers But report due to find ‘dramatic improvements’ in maths teaching
Ministers urged to add ‘depth’ to trust accountability assessments Leaders sound caution over using ‘quantitative measures’ to compare chains