Schools

Labour Send changes at risk as parents rush to secure support, say experts

by The Guardian | Oct 7, 2026 | Children, Department for Education, Disability, Education, Education policy, England, Politics, School funding, Schools, Society, Special educational needs, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Overhaul 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...

Badenoch suggests Tories would not reverse Labour’s pensions triple lock legislation – UK politics live

by The Guardian | Oct 6, 2026 | Conservative conference, Conservative conference 2026, Conservatives, Defence policy, Education, Jeffrey Archer, Kemi Badenoch, Minimum wage, Penny Mordaunt, Politics, Race, Schools, Suella Braverman, Tax and spending, The Guardian, Tom Tugendhat, UK news | 0 |

In his party conference speech last week, Andy Burnham said he wanted to change the triple lock uprating mechanism from 2030Asked if she will propose tax cuts in her speech tomorrow, Badenoch tells McCann that she will have to...

To state school alumni starting university, I say this: be proud of your background | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

by The Guardian | Oct 5, 2026 | Class issues, Education, Freshers, Higher education, Inequality, Private schools, Schools, Social mobility, Student experience, The Guardian, Universities | 0 |

Accusations of classism chime with my experience 20 years ago. So all hail the Bristol graduate awarding state schools red plaques“So, where did you go to school?” On the face of it, it doesn’t seem like a loaded question. I was...

England school inspections to be overhauled again after barrage of complaints

by The Guardian | Oct 2, 2026 | Education, Education policy, England, Lucy Powell, Ofsted, Politics, Schools, Teachers' workload, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Exclusive: 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...

‘They accepted the money but didn’t take care of my child’: what Luna Wong’s death reveals about the treatment of international students in the UK

by The Guardian | Sep 26, 2026 | Depression, Education, Health, Health & wellbeing, International students, Life and style, Mental health, Private schools, Schools, Social exclusion, Society, Students, The Guardian | 0 |

When her parents waved her off to study in England they hoped it would be a fresh start the 16-year-old needed after struggling with her mental health in Hong Kong. Instead, 10 months later, she was dead. What went so wrong?As a...

Londoners get £3bn a year subsidy because structure of council tax biased against north, says thinktank – UK politics live

by The Guardian | Sep 24, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Conservatives, Education, GCSEs, Immigration and asylum, Kemi Badenoch, Labour, Lucy Powell, Migration, Opinion polls, Politics, Reform UK, Schools, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Resolution Foundation says households outside London are paying hundreds of pounds a year more in council tax than they would be under a fair systemTim Shipman has written about what will be coming up at the Labour conference...

Pupils to be offered vocational GCSEs in radical shake-up of system in England

by The Guardian | Sep 23, 2026 | Education, Education policy, England, GCSEs, Labour, Politics, Schools, Secondary schools, The Guardian, UK news, Vocational education | 0 |

Courses 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...

Union claims victory as ministers agree to fully fund pay rise for teachers in England

by The Guardian | Sep 16, 2026 | Education, Education policy, England, Industrial action, Politics, Public sector pay, Public services policy, School funding, Schools, Society, The Guardian, Trade unions, UK news | 0 |

National 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...

Northern Ireland schools must give girls option to wear trousers from next year

by The Guardian | Sep 11, 2026 | Children, Education, Education policy, Northern Ireland, Northern Irish politics, Politics, Primary schools, Schools, Secondary schools, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

DUP 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...

How can we stop destroying the prospects of a generation? Scrapping compulsory GCSE resits will be a start | Polly Toynbee

by The Guardian | Aug 25, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Education, Exams, Further education, GCSEs, Higher education, Lucy Powell, Michael Gove, Politics, Schools, Society, The Guardian, UK news, Young people | 0 |

Michael Gove calls the axing of his Tory strategy ‘bringing back stupid’. He doesn’t seem to care that it did more harm than good GCSE results day was marked with the usual front pages filled with pictures of beaming students....

Most English secondary schools are breaking healthy food rules, finds report

by The Guardian | Aug 24, 2026 | England, Food, Health, Jamie Oliver, Politics, Schools, Secondary schools, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

‘Shocking’ breaches such as sweets and crisps at breakfast uncovered just before expansion of free school mealsThree-quarters of secondary schools in England are breaking the rules on food offered to pupils by serving chips,...

Leaders attack ‘demotivating’ plan to make pupils who fail GCSEs retake maths and English

by The Guardian | Aug 20, 2026 | Department for Education, Education, Exams, GCSEs, Lucy Powell, Politics, Schools, Secondary schools, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Government announce plan for ‘stepping stone’ qualification as 620,000 year 11 students face retaking maths or English after failure to achieve grade 4The government’s plans to make young people continue studying maths and...

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