Schools

£900k scheme offers ‘equal access to chess in schools’

Between 350 and 450 schools across all nine regions of the UK will take part

Esmé Kenney
Esmé Kenney
Schools

Three primary free schools to go ahead after appeals

Meanwhile six cancelled special free school projects have been appealed

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Cuts to Prevent staff considered by Kent as funding reduced

Reform-run Kent council tells schools it may lose their Prevent education officer posts

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

Academies lobby pension fund chiefs over ‘unfair’ extra payments 

West Yorkshire academy chains believe they are paying millions more than local authority schools

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Third of parents say they take children on term-time holidays

New Public First report also reveals regional divides in attitudes to absence and behaviour

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

More pupils report conspiracy theories and misinfo in school

And four in five teachers report having had a pupil bring up a conspiracy theory with them

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

English hubs support programme expanded to secondaries

English hubs to be rolled out to secondaries in September following 'successful' pilot

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

ASCL conference 2026: Schools Week live blog

Live updates from our journalists in Liverpool

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Teacher Development Trust to become part of Chartered College of Teaching

Leader says move will 'protect the legacy' of the professional development organisation

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks