Category: Education policy

Don’t expect better public services ‘by Christmas’, Starmer says

Prime minister says problems in health, housing and education will take years to rebuild• UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has told voters not to expect rapid public service improvements as he seeks to...

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Children’s development ‘put back by years’ due to failure of special educational needs system

Local government ombudsman report into SEND in England offers damning assessment England’s special education system is failing, causing thousands of children to have their development put back by months or even years,...

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Teachers regularly helping pupils in distress in attempt to fill NHS funding gap

Three in four teachers put a pupil’s psychological needs before teaching at least once a week, UK survey revealsTeachers are picking up the pieces of the deepening crisis in children and young people’s mental health,...

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Academy chain with 35,000 pupils to be first in England to go phone-free

Exclusive: Ormiston academies trust says impact of smartphones on learning and mental health has been ‘catastrophic’How pupils at phone-free English secondary learned ‘to socialise, old schoolA national academy...

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Call for ‘financial protection’ for schools in England with crumbling concrete

Leader of headteachers’ union warns of disruption to students’ learning and urges government actionA headteachers’ union is calling on the government to provide “financial protection” for schools at...

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