Schools

Keegan approves £6m Dyson school donation

Ministers green-light plans to expand Malmesbury Primary School, despite concerns over 'severe impact' on neighbouring settings

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Ex Downing Street, Treasury and DfE advisor Tim Leunig

Tim Leunig is the brains behind some of the biggest education policies of the past decade. He also came...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
SEND

DfE to collect data on children with Down syndrome

Schools will be required to report how many children with Down syndrome they educate

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Workload

Small schools dub new workload admin list ‘unrealistic’

Schools need more funding to cut teacher working hours, warn leaders

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Schools offered £3k to appoint ‘maths champions’

Revamped charity headed by ex-DfE adviser wants to make maths the 'SAS of subjects' amid fears 30k promising pupils...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Trusts plan their own private SEND schools amid place crisis

Government free school support contractor working with five academy trusts on proposals to 'drive down prices'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Poorer pupils less likely to attend top comprehensives

Schools with best progress 8 scores have a lower proportion of disadvantaged pupils than their catchment areas, study finds

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Free school meals

Khan extends London primary free school meals for a year

Mayor also raises per-meal funding to £3 following repeated warnings that schools faced a shortfall

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Ofsted will review absence during safeguarding checks, says Labour

Bridget Phillipson will also announce a Labour government will use AI to spot trends in attendance

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker