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
A-level results 2023

A-level results 2023: 26% fall in top grades as inflation almost wiped

The proportion of A* and A grades issued in England is now within 1.3 percentage points of the last...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE pilots second enrichment scheme, but with far less cash

Just £2.7m for scheme to support schools to 'co-design' enrichment offer, after £21m predecessor programme flourished

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

ASCL’s election manifesto: 11 stand-out policy proposals

Union unveils proposals for political parties in new election 'manifesto'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson