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Looking to the Future after online harassment

Lawrence Foley went from school refuser to doctor in modernist literature – but his career almost came to a crashing halt after a vicious online campaign Foley was sitting in a park with his wife Sonia when his phone rang. It was the Metropolitan Police. A social media campaign, accusing Foley of being a racist […]

London’s falling rolls crisis moves into secondary schools

Capital faces steep drop in year 7 pupils over the next four years, says London Councils report

Schools left to pick up the tab for London free meals scheme

Schools in some parts of London will have to meet any funding shortfall for the mayor’s extension of free meals to primary pupils

Study reveals full scale of London pupil exodus amid school closures

Nearly 50,000 pupils left London’s schools last year, Datalab study shows, as ministers told to ‘get a grip’ amid closures

A-levels 2022: ‘Disproportionate’ Covid impact ignored, say northern heads

School North East warns this year’s A-level results could be seen as a ‘map’ of the impact of the pandemic

Secondary modern sponsored by grammar school rated ‘inadequate’

Grammar formed trust to spread its ‘values and high aspirations’ after ministers urged selective schools to help their neighbours

Women and non-white staff far less likely to be promoted, DfE leaders study shows

DfE research reveals ‘significant disparities’ in women’s, ethnic minorities’ and part-time workers’ promotion chances

Revealed: the 21 areas set for £15m AP taskforces to prevent crime

The government has confirmed the 21 areas set to receive funding under a scheme to prevent vulnerable pupils in alternative provision “entering a life of crime”. Alternative provision specialist taskforces will be launched across England in “serious violence hotspots”, receiving £15 million between them in Treasury funding. The taskforces will include mental health professionals, family […]

DfE U-turns on masks for pupils travelling to school

The DfE has made a rapid U-turn over plans to relax face covering guidance for pupils on public transport and school buses. Guidance for schools about step four of the relaxation of Covid restrictions was revised on Tuesday, just eight days after it was published and before the changes even take effect next week. The […]