Catch-up

NELI catch-up scheme boosted children’s language by 4 months

Evaluation also finds pupils eligible for free school meals made even more progress from national roll-out of intervention

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SATs

Primary school disadvantage gap stops widening

But the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers remains way above pre-pandemic levels

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Educational psychologists vote to strike

But the Association of Educational Psychologists also said it had received an 'improved pay offer'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: Conservatives’ concrete crisis causes classroom chaos

A long-read on the week the RAAC ‘ticking time bomb’ exploded

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
RAAC

RAAC: ‘Everyone else has sat on their arse and done nothing’, says Keegan

Education secretary caught on camera suggesting she deserves praise for doing a 'f***ing good job'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: Ministers prioritised free schools over safety – ex DfE boss

Former permanent secretary Jonathan Slater says Sunak is responsible for slashing school rebuilding programme while chancellor – despite ‘crumbly’...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Grammar Schools

‘No evidence’ selective school systems boost outcomes

'Small' positive boost to grammar school pupils 'wiped out' by lesser progress of those who don't get in, academic...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Fix children’s social care to improve their GCSE grades

Policymakers must not ignore what happens outside the school gate, writes Joe Lane

Freddie Whittaker
Joe Lane
Schools

100 primaries will get £2k grants for chess sets and tutorials

Schools in poorer areas to benefit from £250k investment, but scheme will reach just 0.6% of settings

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker