Exclusive: Education secretary to tell schools in England pupils need sense of belonging, as attendance declines Top exam grades will not transform children into happy and healthy adults, the education secretary will say,...
Read MoreIdeas range from fewer tests and less emphasis on grammar to sex education reform and more children’s agencyDitching phonics screening, slimming down bulging GCSE courses and increasing children’s agency over their...
Read MoreMinister pledges more sports and drama in curriculum review as row deepens over two-child benefit cap• Interview Labour’s Bridget Phillipson: ‘I will help working-class pupils defy the odds to...
Read MorePrime minister says HS2 move will release £36bn, that he will raise smoking age by one year, every year and announces five-subject qualificationShare your views on the scrapping of HS2’s Manchester legAndy Burnham,...
Read MoreKeir Starmer’s oracy policy for England’s schools welcomed – but some teachers wary of what it would means in practiceLabour’s plan to embed speaking skills throughout England’s schools has been...
Read MoreGrassroots groups, teachers and councils helping to update syllabus after young people demand changeHow George Floyd’s death inspired change in two Manchester schoolsHundreds of schools across England are reforming their...
Read MoreCriticism comes as thousands of students share experiences of sexual harassment and abuseTeachers have criticised the government for failing to create a national strategy to tackle sexism in schools, as thousands of students...
Read MoreA decade ago the first free schools opened with fanfare and a promise to transform England’s education system. But it hasn’t quite turned out that wayTen years ago this month, Mark Lehain, a former headteacher, was...
Read MoreExclusive: schools minister rejects proposal by cross-party MPs for more black input into history syllabusCalls for a review to add more black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) history to the English national curriculum have...
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