Decision affects secondaries and primaries approved by previous government using its ‘free school’ application processUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have paused plans to open 44 new state schools in...
Read MoreEnding tax exemption for private education has not led to influx at selective secondaries predicted by criticsClaims that England’s grammars will be “swamped” in September by pupils priced out of private...
Read MoreSurvey by Independent Schools Council finds UK pupil numbers down 1.7% compared with 2023Private schools say the impending addition of VAT to school fees is a big factor in the drop in pupil numbers this year, ahead of the cost...
Read MoreExclusive: Experts say ‘desocialised’ pupils home schooled through Covid are entering traditionally most disruptive yearsFifty English secondary schools suspended more than a quarter of pupils after...
Read MoreExperts say the next head of the Office for Students must oversee a programme that will protect higher educationThe new head of the Office for Students (OfS) will have to oversee rescue plans to avoid a “domino...
Read MoreEducation select committee concerned that excessive workload is driving teachers out of professionTeachers’ workloads are being increasingly stretched by their pupils’ mental health and family difficulties, according...
Read MoreWatchdog says only a third of local authorities are confident they will have enough places for SeptemberThe deployment of the government’s childcare scheme to tens of thousands more families is facing “significant...
Read MorePilot to explore how to repurpose unused school space to increase capacity for funded childcareAn estimated 85,000 additional childcare places would be required by September 2025 to enable the government’s planned...
Read MoreNumber of severely absent children was 150% higher last year than pre-Covid, with one in 50 children missing at least half of lessonsRecord numbers of pupils in England were absent for long periods last year, with one in 50...
Read MoreTeachers and school leaders in England call government proposals vague, leaving them vulnerable to losing court casesTeaching unions and school leaders in England are calling for an overhaul of ministers’ proposed guidance...
Read MoreAnnual letter from Teachers’ Pensions, which administers scheme for DfE, asks about new relationshipsPartners of retired teachers who have died are repeatedly being asked to confirm whether they are in a new relationship,...
Read MoreMove follows reports overseas students face lower entry requirements, a claim universities rejectThe Department for Education is to investigate allegations of bad practice by agents who recruit international students to study at...
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