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More experienced teachers ‘more likely to work in affluent schools’ in England

More experienced teachers in England are more likely to teach in schools with affluent intakes than other developed countries, new research has found. In an international survey of teaching and learning (Talis) published on Monday, teachers in ...

14 Mar 2022 at 13:25

Poorest pupils up to eight months behind their peers, MPs warn

Disadvantaged pupils in poor areas could be up to eight months behind their peers in aspects of their education following the pandemic, MPs have warned. A new report from the Commons Education Select Committee, published on Thursday, said the ...

10 Mar 2022 at 23:25

‘Zero-tolerance university drug policies do more harm than good’

“Zero-tolerance” policies on drugs in universities can do more harm than good and stop students coming forward for help because they fear punishment, a new report suggests. The debate paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) ...

03 Mar 2022 at 02:55

EBacc to blame for decline in design and technology, say headteachers

A sharp decline in pupils’ uptake of design and technology could be caused by the Government prioritising academic subjects under the English Baccalaureate, headteachers have said . Research from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) ...

23 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Report finds reception children have fallen behind due to Covid-19 disruption

Fewer early years pupils have reached expected development standards because of the pandemic’s disruption to their education, a new report has found. The study of reception year children aged four to five was focused on a cohort ...

18 May 2022 at 01:25

Call for action to increase take-up of Chinese Studies at UK universities

The Government must review whether university courses in Chinese Studies need targeted funding to address a lack of “China competency” across the population, researchers have said. A study by the Higher Education Policy ...

31 Mar 2022 at 16:55

New attendance register to stop ‘ghost children’ falling through the net

A new national register will be introduced to stop vulnerable pupils falling through the cracks and going missing from school rolls, the Government has announced. The Schools White Paper announced that laws would be ...

28 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Secondary school pupils fell further behind in the autumn term – study

Secondary school pupils fell further behind over the autumn school term, with those in some areas losing over three months’ progress in reading, a new study has found. After falling 0.5 months behind in the autumn ...

28 Mar 2022 at 13:25

Student loan repayment freeze is a ‘tax rise by stealth’ for middle earners

The income level at which people are required to pay back student loans has been frozen for the coming year. In a written update, Michelle Donelan, the Minister for Higher and Further Education, announced on ...

28 Jan 2022 at 18:25

Schools should be ranked on exclusion rates as well as GCSE scores, say experts

Multi-academy trusts and other groups of schools should be measured on whether they exclude or off-roll vulnerable pupils, education experts have suggested. A new paper from the Education Policy Institute ...

31 Jan 2022 at 01:28

Universities making offers on ‘first-in-family’ status may widen inequalities

Universities that use “first-in-family status” when making offers to students risk intensifying “existing education inequalities”, a report suggests. The “flawed” indicator is self-declared and ...

06 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Poorer pupils’ GCSE grades trail behind their peers’ for over a decade – study

The gap between poorer pupils’ GCSE grades and those of their peers has stalled for over a decade since 2011, new analysis has found. In 2020, the average GCSE grade gap between pupils trapped ...

10 Feb 2022 at 01:55

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