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...
Right now, across the country, students are working on coursework that will count towards their final exam grades. For most, this work represents genuine...
Proposed changes to the parental complaints system “stop short” of providing the powers schools need to enforce them, legal experts have warned. The government...
This week’s maternity pay reforms for teachers, shared in the Department for Education’s white paper, feel like a huge announcement. But on closer inspection,...
Labour’s off-rolling crackdown could finally “shed light on a practice that is currently invisible” but must be supported by councils and trusts to work,...
Ministers have been urged to clarify how special schools will be funded under their white paper reforms. The document pledged a “fundamental reset” for...
VAT on school fees, the end of charitable business rates relief, a big hike in national insurance contributions, falling pupil rolls. Whichever way you...