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Ex-DfE permanent secretary: School system consistently failing poorest pupils

The DfE said it is driving rising standards and tackling disadvantage through its curriculum and assessment review, strengthened accountability, new regional improvement teams,...

Government should introduce new statutory category of Send support – report

A Send taskforce set up by the Institute for Public Policy Research has recommended creating a new system of additional learning support. Source link...

Government could have been ‘more liberal’ on outdoor time during Covid – Whitty

Professor Sir Chris Whitty was being asked about the impact of the pandemic on children and young people. Source link

Gilruth ‘refusing to answer straightforward question’ on school toilet rules

The Scottish Tories said the updated guidance for trans pupils is ‘muddled’ and ‘confused’. Source link

New school toilet guidance ‘not mandatory’, says Education Secretary

She said: “No, it’s not mandatory, it’s advisory guidance from the Scottish Government. That’s because of the statutory legal requirements that mean under the...

Schools must have single-sex toilets for boys and girls – Scottish Government

New guidance says schools must provide toilet facilities on the basis of biological sex. Source link

Covid inquiry to shift focus to pandemic’s impact on children and young people

James Bowen, assistant general secretary for school leaders’ union NAHT, said the pandemic was a time when “the relationship between the profession and...

Government set to introduce compulsory reading test at 13

“There’s nothing to stop future governments publishing them school-by-school, allowing Ofsted to use them or encouraging leaders to focus on them, all of...

Full scale of London's school pupil exodus laid bare as thousands more families tipped to leave capital

Nine London boroughs - including Westminster, Lambeth, Southwark, Hackney and Camden - have seen the largest falls in primary pupil numbers in the...

Nine in 10 areas with biggest fall in primary school pupil numbers are in London

London’s steeper decline cannot be explained by falling birth rates alone, the Education Policy Institute said. Source link

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Protecting your pension wealth has scarcely been more important following Rachel Reeves' latest tax-grabbing Budget. The Chancellor's decision to impose national insurance contributions on workplace...

‘Just want to go to bed’: Lando Norris reflects on ‘bad weekend’ at Qatar Grand Prix

Asked how he will tackle the three-way title shootout in just seven days, Norris, who will dethrone Verstappen as champion if he finishes...

Schoolgirl, 11, wakes up locked inside school and alone in the dark after being ‘forgotten’ at nurse’s

The girl had fallen asleep in the school's infirmary after feeling ill - and was terrified when she woke to find herself in a...
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