Government will explore “whether we should be developing more formative assessments around oracy”, the schools minister has said. Georgia Gould also said the aim...
Journalists are being banned from conferences where ministers, senior government civil servants and advisers are slated to speak. Three events in recent weeks have...
Government SEND reforms don’t go far enough to force health services to deliver support, experts have warned. MPs warned ministers last year the health...
The names of 29 more schools that will become lead schools for the government’s attendance and behaviour hubs programme have been revealed. It means...
When academy trusts first emerged, the layers of governance were often misunderstood. Over time, like many trusts, we’ve refined our approach – learning what...
Ministers are being urged to recognise the role played by governors as a “core component” of the accountability framework for schools. This comes as...
The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust has reported a stark fall in schools marking Holocaust Memorial Day. In 2023, around 2,000 secondary schools marked the...
Sector leaders have criticised the “limited breadth and diversity” of experts recruited to help write the new national curriculum. The Department for Education has...
The government will trial “AI tutoring tools” in schools, something ministers claim could benefit “up to 450,000 disadvantaged kids”. The Department for Education pilot...
The government has written to thousand of schools with the lowest attainment rates, signposting help through its “universal RISE” offer. The Department for Education...