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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

English literature drops out of top 10 most popular A-levels for first time

English literature has fallen out of the top 10 most popular subjects at A-level for the first time. It saw the biggest drop in candidates for a single subject with more than 1,000 entries, falling by 9.4% from 39,492 in 2021 to 35,791 this year. ...

18 Aug 2022 at 12:17

School heads ‘disappointed’ at lack of action on teacher pay in spring statement

Headteachers have said they are “disappointed” by the Government’s decision not to increase education funding in the spring statement. Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the NEU teaching union, said if the Government is serious about ...

23 Mar 2022 at 15:55

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 ...

12 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Exams must move on from ‘unsafe sweaty sports halls’, say headteachers

Headteachers have said that assessment methods should move beyond crowds of pupils sitting papers in “sweaty” sports halls. Pepe Di’Iasio, president of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said that GCSE and ...

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 ...

24 Feb 2022 at 01:25

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 ...

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 ...

21 Feb 2022 at 18:55

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 ...

23 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Heads fear a ‘worrying’ rise in Covid cases after free tests stop

Headteachers have expressed concern over “worrying” reports of a recent rise in Covid cases in schools, with some school leaders saying they have been forced to send whole year groups home. School ...

18 Mar 2022 at 17:55

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% ...

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 ...

17 Feb 2022 at 01:25

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