School buildings

£13.8bn school building maintenance backlog revealed

Unions say the government must 'go further and faster' in making school buildings fit for purpose

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Academies

Brighton trust to close after ‘GAG pooling’ controversy

MAT at centre of first 'GAG pooling' strikes will transfer schools to other trusts

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Keep Latin funding for six more months, leaders urge Phillipson

Schools involved in the Latin Excellence Programme have written to the education secretary to ask for an extension

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
AI

AI plan: Hackathons, chatbots and new tools for schools

Keir Starmer this week unveiled a new plan to boost AI - but what does this mean for schools?...

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
Teacher training

ECF and NPQ review: What you need to know

The government is planning a series of changes to the early career framework, and a full review in 2027

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Politics

Phillipson faces first education committee grilling

Education secretary set to be questioned by MPs over SEND, wellbeing bill and private school fees

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Curriculum

Matt Hood to leave Oak national academy

It comes less than a year after he bagged the permanent role

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
PFI

PFI disputes erupt as contracts near expiry dates

PFI branded a 'zero-sum game' amid multi-million-pound legal disputes over buildings

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

RAAC yet to be removed from 90% of crisis-hit schools

Work finished in just 30 RAAC schools, sparking warnings 'thousands of children are studying in inadequate' buildings

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks