A new requirement introduced by the Department for Education means intensive training and practice (ITAP) grants will only ...
Ministers have urged schools to continue to check eligibility for free school meals under a planned expansion of the scheme after the planned September deadline. From the new term, all pupils who have ...
Almost two years to the day since becoming education secretary, Bridget Phillipson lost what she once described as “the best job in government”. The Houghton and Sunderland South MP presided over ...
New fully funded training courses on supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) will be on offer by autumn next year. The Department for Education has shared details of ...
Issues with key stage 2 SATs continue to rumble on following results day. School leaders’ union NAHT said members had raised concerns about the marks awarded in individual papers. Some schools have ...
The rise of evidence-informed practice has been one of the most positive developments in education over recent decades. The UK is home to cutting-edge researchers whose work around education and ...
In the early 2000s, every school in England was encouraged to have a coordinator in charge of the government’s national gifted and talented programme. While the programme itself was imperfect, it did ...
For me, the focus schools must give to looked-after and previously looked-after children is not a strategic bolt on or a compliance requirement. It is a moral imperative. Children who are, or have ...
According to a recent independent inquiry, nearly two-thirds of white working-class young people leave school without the qualifications, and often initial skills, they need to thrive in their adult ...
New guidance released last month by the Department for Education on inclusion bases is a welcome step, rightly positioning them as spaces that should increase, not replace, participation in mainstream ...
Tackling persistent absence in English secondary schools continues to be a complex challenge. In 2024-25 nearly a quarter of ...
Ex-journalist Paul Waugh has been appointed as an education minister by prime minister Andy Burnham, while Olivia Bailey has ...