Politics

Truss V Sunak for PM: What they have promised on schools

From new grammar schools to workplace skills curriculum reform, all the education policies the PM hopefuls have pledged

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

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

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

DfE ditches 7-year plan to legislate on summer-born admissions

Ministers have been promising a law change on the issue since 2015, but say they will no longer pursue...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Supreme Court holiday pay ruling could ‘open the floodgates’ for claims

Music teacher's victory will have big ramifications for schools using permanent term-time-only contracts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE announces 5% pay rise for most teachers in 2022-23

Starting salaries will increase by 8.9 per cent next year, but experienced teachers get below-inflation rise

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics, Schools

Campaigners warn against ‘dangerous’ register of children not in school

Move to amend schools bill to collect data on pupils' protected characteristics also questioned

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Health and safety watchdog to inspect schools’ asbestos management

DfE data suggests more than eight in 10 schools have the harmful material on their sites

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted job cut inspection warning, plus 9 more annual account findings

Plans to slim down the civil service could have 'implications' for new inspection work

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
safeguarding

Assess wellbeing risk of strip searches before calling police, schools told

DfE updates guidance on searching, screening and confiscation in wake of Child Q scandal

Amy Walker
Amy Walker and Freddie Whittaker