News

Secondary school applications fall for first time since 2013

Applications for secondary school places have fallen for the first time since 2013, new Department for Education statistics show....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

The 6 key points from EPI’s ‘Secondary School Choice in England’ report

The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published new analysis looking at how parents choose which secondary schools to send...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Access to the best secondary schools ‘hasn’t improved since 2010’

Access to high-performing secondary schools has not improved since 2010, and has become more geographically unequal, according to a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Passivhaus schools claim to reduce energy costs by 80 per cent

The first secondary school to use energy-saving Passivhaus design principles is set to be built for the Harris Federation...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Where did the paralympic gold medallists go to school?

Independent schools disproportionately represent Great Britain at elite level sport, but an analysis of this year’s Olympic and Paralympic...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Rio Olympics 2016: Where did the Team GB medal winners go to school?

Proud teachers and their schools have heaped praise on former pupils who have contributed to a record medal haul for Team...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

Closing the gap: New report calls for schools to publish disadvantaged pupil progress results on their websites

Schools should publish progress measures for disadvantaged pupils on their websites, a new report has claimed, after revealing stark...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Aldi back-to-school advert causes outrage

A national supermarket chain has apologised after provoking social media outrage with an advert that many people felt pandered...

Features Team
Features Team
Opinion

Is Justine Greening the first education secretary to attend a comprehensive school? Yes, sort of

Justine Greening is the new education secretary and is said to be the first to have attended a comprehensive...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney