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...
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Read MoreParliamentary bill will also ban the advertising of vapes and restrict their flavours, packaging and marketingSmoking is set to be banned outside schools and hospitals as part of a crackdown on one of the UK’s biggest...
Read MoreIndependent Schools Council says its focus is on children and it is concerned about impact on specialist schoolsThe Independent Schools Council (ISC) has said it will launch legal action against the government’s decision...
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 MoreTrade body for France’s travel industry reportedly writes to UK home secretary over concerns for programme’s futureA scheme designed to boost the numbers of French children able to travel to Britain for school trips...
Read MoreFigures for 2024 show 46 private schools have closed with 77 opening, despite reports claiming VAT threat has toppled some schools More than 80 private schools closed every year in England on average over the last decade,...
Read MoreDecision affects secondaries and primaries approved by previous government using its ‘free school’ application processUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have paused plans to open 44 new state schools in...
Read MoreBridget Phillipson has been targeted with personal abuse on Facebook by campaigners opposed to Labour’s tax policyMembers of a campaign group opposing plans to apply VAT to private school fees have targeted the...
Read MoreKemi Badenoch to follow rival’s pitch in a two-hour special in front of an audience of Tory party membersShabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, has told MPs that magistrates are getting powers to sentence offenders for...
Read MoreContenders to take part in a two-hour special in front of an audience of Tory party membersShabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, has told MPs that magistrates are getting powers to sentence offenders for longer – to...
Read MoreChristopher Chope says leadership hopeful has ‘record of wanting to spend more time with family’ rather than visit ‘far-flung constituencies’Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, has told MPs that...
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