Exclusive: Projected spare capacity is not all in the right places to match projected demand, research findsA government policy to create 100,000 new nursery places using spare capacity in English primary schools is...
Read MoreThe roughly £9bn unveiled in budget expected to disappear rapidly due to rising costs and years of underinvestmentSchools in England are to get a multibillion-pound injection of funding, with extra money for children with...
Read MoreThe Treasury refuses to confirm 1 January start date as unions, tax experts and school leaders say it is unworkableGovernment plans to impose VAT on private schools from 1 January next year may have to be delayed because of...
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 MoreEarly years experts warn of lack of staff, playgrounds and toiletsPrimary schools may not have enough space, specialist facilities or staff to deliver the 100,000 new nursery places in England that the government has promised,...
Read MoreCampaigners want Labour’s key education policy to provide food for all primary aged pupils rather than just in schools Ministers are coming under mounting pressure to extend free breakfast clubs in primary schools to...
Read MoreEducation secretary launches review of curriculum in primary and secondary schools aimed at teaching critical thinkingChildren will be taught how to spot extremist content and misinformation online under planned changes to the...
Read MoreReview of curriculum in primary and secondary schools to include critical thinking, launched by education secretaryChildren will be taught how to spot extremist content and misinformation online under planned changes to the...
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 MoreReal-terms funding per pupil at 2010 levels, teacher pay at 2001 levels, and building investment 25% below mid-2000sSpending on each schoolchild’s education in England has suffered an unprecedented 14-year-freeze since the...
Read MoreA Midlands school outlines its flexible approach to running its daily club and reacts to Labour’s £365m free breakfast policy It is just gone 7.30am at The Priory primary school in Wednesbury, near Walsall, and...
Read MoreThe sex and relationships educator Jo Morgan discusses what she believes a sex education curriculum should look likeLast week, Rishi Sunak’s government issued new draft guidance on sex education. It included a ban on...
Read More
Deep divisions remain after high-stakes talks end with agreement
The deal was met with long applause, cheering, whistling
Traditional allies such as Diane Abbott and John McDonnell
Shabana Mahmood has written to her constituents saying she
Deal paves the way for country-to-country carbon trading and
Court documents contain admissions by officials that they were
Mossbourne academy accused of bullying and damaging children’s mental
Exclusive: News of changes to usually non-editable document ‘risks
Russia’s defence ministry said that its forces had captured
Energy Networks Association says contingency plans in place with