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MPs demand action to improve education in the north

An influential group of MPs has written to the education secretary to demand immediate improvement to education in the...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

George Osborne to be questioned about pupil disadvantage in the north

Former chancellor George Osborne will be questioned by the parliamentary education committee about the state of education and support...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Features

Robert Halfon, Chair, Education select committee

Robert Halfon, the new chair of the education select committee, campaigned in the corridors of Parliament for the position...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

Excluded pupils must have protective ‘bill of rights’, says education committee chair

Excluded pupils should be protected by a “bill of rights” that would allow proper scrutiny of their school’s decision...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

MPs to hold inquiry into school mental health support plans

The government’s proposals for additional mental health support for school pupils are to be scrutinised in an inquiry by...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Poor careers advice due to spending decisions by school leaders, skills minister claims

The skills and apprenticeships minster has warned there is “clearly something wrong” with schools where “not enough” good careers...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden