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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

Schools asked to teach for 32.5 hours a week or more

Schools will be asked to ensure their week is at least 32.5 hours long by September 2023 in the forthcoming White Paper, it has been revealed. The Schools White Paper, published in full on Monday, will detail how school weeks should run for at ...

26 Mar 2022 at 23:55

Headteachers call for advanced material on 2022 exams ‘as soon as possible’

Headteachers have called on the Government to review adaptations to GCSEs and A levels in 2022 in light of the disruption caused by the Omicron variant of Covid-19. And they argue that advance information about the topics covered in papers ...

25 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Unions say Government climate change teaching strategy is ‘not enough’

Teaching unions have written to Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi to raise concerns that current measures to teach pupils about climate change are “not enough”. They add that teachers may feel “constrained” and “fearful” in their ...

24 Jan 2022 at 15:25

Jonathan Gullis suggests he has taken on schools brief

Former teacher Jonathan Gullis has suggested he has taken on the schools brief in his new role as an education minister. The MP for Stoke-on-Trent North joined the Department for Education (DfE) as a parliamentary ...

16 Sept 2022 at 23:44

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Attainment gap still above pre-pandemic levels, figures show

13 Dec 2022 at 12:21

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 161 which ...

16 Dec 2022 at 09:34

Education Secretary rejects push for Oxbridge to increase state admissions

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has pushed back against the idea elite universities like Oxford and Cambridge should “tilt the system” to accept more pupils from state schools. Cambridge University ...

14 May 2022 at 03:25

Heads vote for Zahawi to intervene over gay author school visit

Headteachers have voted for Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi to investigate the diocese which banned a gay author from visiting a Catholic school. Simon James Green was due to visit the John Fisher ...

30 Apr 2022 at 18:55

Government urged to include suicide prevention on national curriculum

The Government has been urged to include suicide prevention on the national curriculum following a campaign by three fathers whose daughters took their own lives. MPs from across the political ...

13 Mar 2023 at 19:35

Scotland

More than 80% of graduates say university led to job they wanted – survey

Some 84.5% of Scottish graduates credit going to university with enabling them to find the job they wanted, according to a survey. Research from the umbrella group Universities Scotland also ...

31 Jul 2023 at 00:01

Gillian Keegan announces plans for minimum service levels in universities

Minimum service levels could be introduced for university staff, Gillian Keegan has said. The Education Secretary said the Government would consult on the change, which would ensure that a ...

02 Oct 2023 at 16:35

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