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Parents left without childcare after thousands of providers close

Parents are being left without childcare as thousands of providers close. The overall number of childcare providers in England dropped by around 4,000 between March 2021 and March 2022, the largest decline since 2016, according to figures from ...

15 Aug 2022 at 15:34

Lionesses write to Tory leadership hopefuls over access to football for girls

England’s Lionesses have written an open letter to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss demanding that all schoolgirls have access to a minimum of two hours a week of sport classes. All 23 members of the England women’s team called on the Tory ...

03 Aug 2022 at 17:49

SATs and GCSE results will form basis of Ofsted judgment on curriculums

Ofsted will judge school curriculums based on their 2022 SATs and GCSE results, the Department for Education (DfE) has announced. The DfE said it will not publish KS2 SATs in league tables but that it will produce the “normal ...

25 Mar 2022 at 13:55

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New voice for local businesses in County Derry

A new initative which aims to support County Derry businesses by providing access to intelligent online marketing and customer experience development tools has been launched. 'Voice For Locals' is a levelling up initiative ...

24 Mar 2022 at 22:33

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 ...

17 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Government teacher pay plans risk real terms cut for experienced teachers

The Government’s plans to increase teacher pay could lead to a cut in real terms, according to new analysis. Last week, the Government called for teacher starting salaries to rise by over 16% over the next two years, to ...

11 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 ...

11 Mar 2022 at 01:25

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. ...

08 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 ...

04 Mar 2022 at 01:25

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

New powers to shut down illegal schools announced

Unsafe, illegal schools will be shut down under new Government powers, the Department for Education (DfE) has announced. The DfE said that its work on closing unsafe independent schools until now had ...

06 May 2022 at 15:25

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 ...

25 Mar 2022 at 16:55

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