Educational psychologists vote to strike But the Association of Educational Psychologists also said it had received an ‘improved pay offer’
RAAC: Conservatives’ concrete crisis causes classroom chaos A long-read on the week the RAAC ‘ticking time bomb’ exploded
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’
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’ concrete concerns
‘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 research finds
Fix children’s social care to improve their GCSE grades Policymakers must not ignore what happens outside the school gate, writes Joe Lane
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
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 pre-pandemic exams
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