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...
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 MoreMichael 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....
Read More‘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,...
Read MoreGovernment 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...
Read MoreUCL researchers warn repeated exam attempts may dent students’ confidence and raise risk of dropping outForcing teenagers who fail GCSEs into multiple resits has a negative impact on their mental health, according to research to...
Read MoreExclusive: Neet crisis review to call for teachers to be asked to spot those at risk of leaving education jobless at 16What can Dublin teach us? Milburn goes on quest to learnPrimary schools in England should be required to...
Read MoreNew education secretary says it is ‘false trade-off’ by critics to suggest schools cannot pursue academic excellence alongside technical skillsLucy Powell has said she wants to be an ambitious “tiger mum” for all young people,...
Read MoreShadow minister says there was no warning and ‘it looked and sounded like deliberate intimidation’Conservative MP accuses French navy of firing shots near him in ChannelIt is not just the Russians firing on Brits in the English...
Read MoreFigures from YouGov also suggest support for Farage is fallingIt is not just the Russians firing on Brits in the English Channel; Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, has accused a French warship of firing “warning shots”...
Read MoreThe new prime minister is linking the need for better vocational education in school with his belief in localismGood morning. In his last speech to Labour’s annual conference as party leader, Keir Starmer called for a...
Read MorePM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs marketAndy Burnham will tell schools across England to adapt their curriculums to the needs of local businesses as part of a devolution...
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