Lucy Powell says proposals to end widespread practice will be included in overhaul of England’s national curriculum Pushing GCSE subjects on younger pupils risks turning England’s secondary schools into “early exam factories”,...
Read MoreLucy Powell says proposals to end widespread practice will be included in overhaul of England’s national curriculumPushing GCSE subjects on younger pupils risks turning England’s secondary schools into “early exam factories”,...
Read MoreExclusive: Ministers planning overhaul of apprenticeship funding to increase cost of over-25s training, Guardian understandsBritain’s largest employers have told the government that forcing businesses to pay more to train older...
Read MoreExclusive: Former minister’s review warns that dramatic action is needed over huge drop in youth apprenticeship startsA national apprenticeship readiness scheme should be introduced in England to close the gap for young people...
Read MoreExclusive: Letter to PM, also signed by Sally Phillips, says reforms will unfairly remove children’s legal protectionsCampaigners are calling on Andy Burnham to abandon the core elements of the government’s reforms to special...
Read MoreOverhaul of special education in England could unravel, thinktank finds, because of ‘use it before you lose it’ dynamicLabour’s flagship changes to special education in England are at risk of unravelling because parents are...
Read MoreExclusive: Education secretary sends Ofsted back to ‘drawing board’ as teachers raise ‘serious concerns’ about new systemSchool inspections in England will be overhauled for the second time in a year, after a barrage of...
Read MoreCourses such as finance and construction form part of PM’s push for education ‘that offers a path for everybody’Teenagers are to be offered a range of new vocational GCSEs under a radical shake-up of the school system in England...
Read MoreNational Education Union welcomes news that schools will not have to partly fund increase from their own budgetsThe UK’s biggest education union is claiming a significant victory after the government bowed to pressure and agreed...
Read MoreDUP education minister accused of dragging feet before revising guidelines that also apply to PE and gamesSchools in Northern Ireland must give girls the choice to wear trousers as part of their uniforms as well as for PE and...
Read MoreKremlin threatens British targets inside and outside Ukraine and says UK and France bear ‘direct responsibility’ for Ukrainian strikes on Russia Speaking on the media round this morning, the work and pensions secretary, Pat...
Read MoreWork and pensions secretary says jobs guarantee scheme is restoring confidence as ONS reports that number of young people not in work or training has fallen below a millionHello, and welcome to our UK politics blog. It’s all...
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