Category: Secondary schools

Extra billions for schools in England will be quickly ‘swallowed up’, say experts

The 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...

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Doubts grow over Labour’s VAT plan for private schools

The 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...

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Private schools say drop in enrolments mainly due to impending VAT on fees

Survey 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...

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Teenage asylum seekers arriving after start of UK school year in ‘no man’s land’, report says

Many considered too old to be easily integrated into mainstream schooling and too young for further educationThousands of teenage asylum seekers are thought to be spending up to a year out of education in a “no man’s...

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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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