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Educational disadvantage gap virtually unchanged in 20 years, says report

The gap between disadvantaged children and their peers has seen “virtually no change” in two decades and the coronavirus pandemic has “significantly worsened overall outcomes”, a damning report has found. Sixteen year-olds who are eligible for free ...

16 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Action needed to ‘stop spiral of decline’ in English literature A-level

Urgent action is needed to “stop the spiral of decline” in the popularity of English literature at A-level, a headteachers’ union has warned. It should be a “living, breathing subject which inspires and empowers young people”, the Association of ...

17 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Pandemic led to 270 million missed school days – prompting fears over exams

A total of 270 million school days were missed because of Covid-19 in the first year of the pandemic, new figures showed, prompting fears over the impact on exam results in 2022. In the 2020/21 academic year, over 328 million days were missed ...

24 Mar 2022 at 15:25

White Paper seems ‘underwhelming’ say headteachers

Headteachers have said the forthcoming Education White Paper is “underwhelming” based on what has been released so far. In a speech on Saturday to the Association of School and College Leaders, where he will focus on the idea of “ambitious” ...

12 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Schools being ‘thrown to the wolves’ over league table decision

Schools are being “thrown to the wolves” over a decision to publish GCSE performance tables for 2022, headteachers will warn on Friday. Speaking at the annual conference of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) in Birmingham ...

11 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Grade requirements for student loans ‘would be attack on working class learners’

Plans to consider minimum grade requirements for student loans are an “attack” on poorer pupils and “fly in the face of the levelling up agenda”, a university staff union has said. On Thursday, the Government unveiled its response to the ...

24 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Teachers’ leaders call for Government to repair ‘damage’ to pay

Teachers’ leaders have called on the Government to give teachers a pay rise this year, to “urgently repair the damage” to school staff salaries. In a joint statement from unions representing almost all headteachers and teachers in ...

04 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Headteachers welcome buffer zones around schools to stop anti-vaccine protests

Headteachers have welcomed an amendment to a new Bill which will help councils quickly set up buffer zones around schools to stop them from being targeted by anti-vaccination protests. Home Secretary Priti Patel said in a letter ...

21 Feb 2022 at 13:55

Teachers’ leaders condemn ‘headlong rush’ to live with Covid

Teachers’ leaders have criticised the Prime Minister’s announcement on “living with Covid” in England for its lack of detailed guidance for schools, with the plans described as more of a “headlong rush” out of restrictions than ...

21 Feb 2022 at 18:55

Soaring Covid-related absences could ‘seriously damage’ exam grades, say heads

Levels of coronavirus-related pupil absences in state schools in England has more than tripled, new Government figures show. Rates of Covid-linked absences rose to 2.5% on March 17, up from 0.7% on March 3. In total, 201,600 ...

22 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Record number of poorer pupils apply to university

A record number of poorer pupils have applied to university or college this autumn, the latest figures from Ucas reveal. Overall, 28% of young people from the most disadvantaged areas applied to university, up from 17.8% in ...

17 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Schools given ‘impartiality guidance’ on teaching of racism and British Empire

New Government guidance on political impartiality in schools will help teachers avoid “promoting contested theories as fact”, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has said. Schools are already required to teach in a ...

17 Feb 2022 at 01:25

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