Schools

Home education register plan ‘blocked’ from King’s Speech

Top DfE boss suggests long-promised plans for register of children not in school were put forward to become law...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Failed contractor’s £45 million schools to be demolished and rebuilt

But one of the schools says work will take four years, as ministers take legal advice over recouping costs...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Overseas teachers exempt from new visa crackdown

Home Office suggests teachers from overseas will not be impacted by £12.5k hike to visa thresholds

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

United Learning trust sued for defamation over investigation report

Former associate head files claim in the High Court

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Schools demand national campaign against abusive parents

More than a third of school staff report receiving verbal abuse from parents

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Report reveals how top trusts closed ethnicity attainment gap

Diversifying curriculum was one of the successful strategies in government study commissioned after Sewell report

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

EYFS results improve, but some pupils far behind

DfE says improvement may show Covid recovery or familiarity with new assessments - but gender gap widens

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Help us ‘minimise’ exclusions, councils tell regional directors

The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) wants academy regulators to 'play greater role' in cutting exclusions

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Reduced cash threatens ‘invaluable’ alternative provision pilot

AP specialist taskforces provide mental health professionals, family workers and speech and language therapists

Amy Walker
Amy Walker