Schools

Fifth of schools face 5-year wait for full-fibre broadband

Ministers accused of lacking 'ambition for children'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Investigation: The long wait for justice

Former pupils who battled to get school leader's alleged sex offences reinvestigated urge child abuse victims to keep speaking...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Ofsted

‘Outstanding’ schools not inspected for 15 years downgraded in first Ofsted reports

Those downgraded have not been inspected for a combined 235 years

James Carr
James Carr
Politics

Government ditches £90m school ‘arts premium’ manifesto pledge

Policy is one of several 2019 pledges to be delayed or to have fallen by the wayside

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Exams 2022: Ofqual confirms ‘plan B’ details

Exams watchdog says schools should 'guard' against 'over-assessment' of students

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND review ‘steering group’ appointed to push through reforms

Children's minister defends delays to landmark review and warns Covid has 'intensified' issues

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Archdiocese ‘ruling by diktat’ as schools told to academise by 2023

The Archbishop of Birmingham has said academisation is an "essential" reform to protect Catholic education

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Revealed: 39 sixth forms and colleges to split £83m post-16 capacity fund

Capital funding will help settings cope with anticipated boom in pupil numbers, says DfE

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Climate change

15k schools will be at ‘significant flood risk’ by 2050, with half already in danger

Schools will be 'encouraged' to have emergency flood plans in place by 2025

James Carr
James Carr