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New GCSE in climate science to be launched

A new natural history GCSE will be launched next week, focusing on how pupils can protect the planet. The qualification will be available from September 2025 and is set to be announced by Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi on Thursday. The Department ...

17 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Heads say using SATs as part of Ofsted judgment on curriculum makes ‘no sense’

Headteachers have criticised the decision for Ofsted to use schools’ 2022 SATs and GCSE results as part of its judgment of curriculum impacts. The DfE announced on Friday that it will not publish KS2 SATs in league tables but that it will produce ...

25 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Augar loan plan ‘may halt prospect of university for poorer pupils’

Plans to block pupils from taking out student loans if they fail maths and English GCSEs could shut down poorer children’s chances of going to university from the age of three, a social mobility expert has warned. Under Government plans from the ...

23 Feb 2022 at 12:25

Ex-DfE civil servant condemns Whitehall’s ‘disconnect’ from reality

The former permanent secretary at the Department for Education has said that Whitehall is “too often disconnected from reality” and shows “surprisingly little interest” in how the public feel about public services. Jonathan Slater, who was ...

08 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 ...

11 Mar 2022 at 01:25

School finance figures mask ‘cruel divides between haves and have nots’ – report

The underfunding of schools could “damage children’s education” according to a new report. The report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), published on Friday, warns that the Department for Education relies too much on ...

04 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Nadhim Zahawi announces crackdown on school attendance ‘postcode lottery’

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has vowed to end a “postcode lottery” on school absence across the country, in what will be a “key component” of his Schools White Paper expected later in the year. The Department for ...

25 Jan 2022 at 17:55

Nearly one in eight schools have high levels of CO2 according to air monitors

New data released by the Government shows that nearly one in eight schools and colleges have levels of carbon dioxide that are too high. In a survey of more than 4,000 schools and colleges by the Department for ...

24 Jan 2022 at 12:55

Derogatory language and homophobic bullying ‘common’ in top academy chain school

A school that is part of one of the country’s leading academy chains has been given a termination warning notice to close amid reports of homophobic bullying and derogatory language. The Department for ...

27 May 2022 at 16:59

Government unveils long-awaited reforms for supporting children with Send

Thousands more specialist school places will be provided and staff training will be expanded to ensure children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) can get the help that they need ...

02 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Schools and colleges get rebuilding cash boost, says Keegan

Some 239 schools and sixth form colleges have received funding to replace crumbling classrooms, dilapidated sports halls and dining rooms, the Government has said. Those sites are in addition to ...

16 Dec 2022 at 09:34

Increase in number of teachers leaving profession ‘hugely concerning’

Teacher vacancies have doubled in the past two years, according to new official data for England, while more than 40,000 teachers left their jobs in the last year. Figures published by the ...

08 Jun 2023 at 15:46

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