Schools

DfE snubs Braverman pledge for new blasphemy guidance

The under-fire home secretary had promised new advice amid row over damaged Quran school pupil suspensions

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Call to halt subsidy cut as NTP levels out tutoring playing field

Research published by The Sutton Trust shows the proportion of pupils accessing any form of tutoring is almost...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Support staff could strike as unions plan ballots over pay deal

Unison and GMB are urging members to reject employers' 'final' pay offer, threatening walkouts in maintained schools and academies

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

DfE school sport plan: Two hours of PE a week and award for equal access

Two further years of PE and sports premium funding also confirmed, along with £57m to open up school facilities...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Most schools didn’t complete £17m early language catch-up scheme

Ministers announced in 2021 that every primary school would be offered support through the scheme

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

DfE offers £10k ‘relocation premium’ to attract overseas teachers

Trial later this year for languages and physics teachers aims to 'make teaching here even more attractive to the...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

The collapsing schools that forced DfE action

'Serious structural issues' reported at five schools in one year triggered a recent government warning

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Just 5% of schools to get £15m languages hub help

Ministers reveal programmes aimed at turning around ailing take-up of modern foreign languages - here's what you need to...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Schools hit by uniform and toilet policy protests

Police were called to several schools after protests this week and last, with one force issuing a dispersal order

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth