Schools

Three primary free schools to go ahead after appeals

Meanwhile six cancelled special free school projects have been appealed

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

Special schools over capacity by 11,000 pupils

Around two-thirds of special schools are still over-capacity, DfE says

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Draft gender guidance urges ‘very careful approach’ to social transition

Proposed guidance also states there are 'no exceptions' for single-sex spaces in schools

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Schools

‘Barriers’ to upper pay range cause frustration for teachers

Staff report 'shifting' goalposts as union warns of 'significant contribution to the exodus' of teachers

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

AI used in schools should ‘detect signs of learner distress’

The DfE has updated AI guidance around emotional, social and cognitive development and 'manipulation'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Solutions

The school that confiscates phones for six weeks

Head whose abuse from parents was highlighted by MPs speaks to Schools Week about his strict policy approach

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

Primary headteachers share joy and surprise at being made MBEs

Four serving heads at state primaries were among 57 people working in or with schools recognised in the New...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

How falling school rolls are not just London’s crisis

Declining childbirth rates are hitting school demographics with many schools facing closure as the issue spreads across England

Samantha Booth
Chaminda Jayanetti
Inclusion

SEND deficit support ‘not unlimited’ as funding review pledged

Support given to councils will be 'linked to assurance' they are moving towards an inclusive education system

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Lydia Chantler-Hicks