Exams

Poorer pupils do better in more disadvantaged schools, report says

Researchers also find worst-performing areas for disadvantaged kids likely to have more poor white youngsters

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
A-level results 2025

‘This is not about school quality’: how the north east fell behind

Calls for 'urgent' action to battle 'entrenched divides' as regional attainment gap grows again. Schools Week investigates

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Secure schools

Young offenders to be pulled out of country’s first secure school

Charity running the school says youngsters will be moved to other facilities until faulty doors fiasco resolved

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Movers and Shakers

Tim Coulson named new DfE regions group director general

Unity Schools Partnership CEO announced as John Edwards's replacement in key DfE position

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Pioneering free school censured over ‘inaccurate’ budget forecasts

Notice to improve issued to one of England's first free schools amid string of rule breaches

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Support plans ‘misused’ to ‘force out’ teachers from schools, say campaigners

More than 100 teachers have shared stories of the 'misuse' of support plans, which they say are pushing out...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
AP

Post-16 AP funding gap exposed as school raids reserves

AP school forced to use £180k of reserves to launch sixth form, reigniting calls for post-16 transition funding

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Recruitment and retention

Government lacks ‘coherent plan’ to boost teacher recruitment

MPs also tell ministers to assess how effective pay rises are at retaining staff amid concerns over 6,500 teacher...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Admissions

Enforcement ‘first’, legal threats and place ‘caps’: Councils reveal admission woes

Watchdog report shows widespread clashes between councils and academy trusts as Labour plans school admission reforms

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson