Schools

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...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

OCR to review difficulty of GCSE computer science paper

Follows backlash over exam leaving pupils 'completely disheartened' and warning it will put more youngsters off the subject

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Schools to be told they should teach pupils about vaping risks

Government has announced more measures to cut down on vaping in schools, but campaigners say much more needs to...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Rising costs force most schools to cut spending, finds DfE survey

According to school leaders and teachers surveyed by the DfE, 91 per cent of schools cut spending on at...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Covid

Long read: Schools let down by government’s hot air on ventilation

Has England been left flapping in the wind as other countries race ahead with ventilation policies for schools? Schools...

James Carr
James Carr
News

More than 600,000 pupils off school due to Covid

More than 600,000 pupils were absent last week because of Covid, with around one in ten secondary pupils missing...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Schools, pupils and their characteristics 2021: 5 things we learned

The secondary and special school populations continue to grow in England, the latest data shows, with a slight decrease...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Campaigners fear another ‘hostile environment’ over EU pupils’ status

Schools will face “inappropriate” pressure to snoop on EU pupils’ immigration status from next month, say heads and campaigners...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger