Oli de Botton has been appointed as prime minister Sir Keir Starmer’s “expert adviser on education and skills”. Downing Street has confirmed he will...
The payment provider sQuid, which has ceased operating in the UK, will now hand parents back more of their money following a Schools Week investigation. We...
Teach First chief executive Russell Hobby will become CEO of The Kemnal Academies Trust from September. The former general secretary of the NAHT leaders’...
The government will provide more than £1 billion in funding for schools to cover the rise in employer national insurance contributions. For the first...
Schools with cohorts that are not representative of their local communities should be scrutinised and banned from expanding, a new report into the “lost...
The growth in the attainment gap between poorer 16-year-olds and their better-off peers between 2019 and 2023 can be “entirely explained” by higher absences...
The EBacc “may constrain” pupils’ choices and “limit access to” vocational and arts subjects, Professor Becky Francis has said as she outlined areas the...
The government will launch a call for evidence tomorrow to unearth the best school inclusion practice to help shape major SEND reforms. The project,...
The government’s new school-improvement squads will prioritise English and maths attainment, the quality of the reception year, attendance and inclusion, the education secretary has...