Education News
Check out the latest education news from around the UK with our news feed, featuring all of the major news sites and blogs.
BBC News
GCSEs and A-levels: Are pupils ready to take exams once more?
As the first exams since 2019 begin, four students reflect on learning in the time of coronavirus.
21 May, 2022Natasha Abrahart suicide: Judge rules university ignored disability
A judge rules the University of Bristol failed to make adjustments for her social anxiety disorder.
20 May, 2022Natasha Abrahart suicide: Parents call for universities to change
The family of Natasha Abrahart is taking civil action against the University of Bristol.
19 May, 2022Women awarded damages over Japan exam discrimination
Juntendo University in Tokyo set stricter requirements for female medical students in entrance exams.
19 May, 2022Afrocentrism: The school teaching kids to love their African culture
The Children in Freedom School in Kenya is teaching its students to love their identity as Africans.
19 May, 2022New sex education programme for Catholic primaries
It covers topics like same-sex attraction, puberty and conception but not contraception.
19 May, 2022
Schools Week News
Details of schools’ £1.5m cost-cutting success story withheld
School board minutes suggest staff cuts were behind savings The post Details of schools’ £1.5m cost-cutting success story withheld first appeared on Schools Week.
21 May, 2022Markers locked out of Capita’s SATs webinar
The firm has apologised after teachers were left waiting for hours The post Markers locked out of Capita’s SATs webinar first appeared on Schools Week.
20 May, 2022Another procurement legal row emerges as DfE ‘under stress’
At least three major outsourcing contracts from the DfE have been at the centre of legal challenges The post Another procurement legal row emerges as DfE ‘under stress’ fir
20 May, 2022AQA says GCSE biology advance info was accurate after complaints
Pupils claimed on Twitter that they had been provided with the wrong information The post AQA says GCSE biology advance info was accurate after complaints first appeared on
20 May, 2022Zahawi under fire over ‘misleading’ academy claims
Education secretary faces calls to 'correct the record' in Parliament after officials admit academy comparisons could mislead The post Zahawi under fire over ‘misleading’ a
20 May, 2022Not enough desks as DfE staff ordered back to crowded offices
Whole teams turned away from workplaces as government push to end home-working backfires The post Not enough desks as DfE staff ordered back to crowded offices first appear
20 May, 2022
The Independent News
Plan to prevent food shortages amid fears of ‘biggest rail strike in modern history’
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch warned that ‘a national rail strike will bring the country to a standstill’
20 May, 2022Boys seen with Rambo-style knife on evening schoolgirl stabbed to death, jury told
Witness in defence case says weapon was like one in films
20 May, 2022Sainsbury’s and Tesco to ban junk food offers after Boris Johnson refuses to act
Families can ‘save on food bills’ with cheap 2 for 1 offers, says PM
20 May, 2022Google new teachers to improve safeguarding, says Government
Recruiters should their use professional judgement about information found online about shortlisted candidates, ministers suggested.
20 May, 2022Black boy, 11, loses finger while fleeing ‘school bullies’
Mother, Shantal Bailey, says she had previously alerted teachers at Abertillery Learning Community to the ‘racist’ bullying of her son.
20 May, 2022DfE looking ‘closely’ at rising food and energy costs faced by schools
Nadhim Zahawi said money from the spending review could be used to alleviate the problem.
20 May, 2022
The Guardian News
Apocalypse now? The alarming effects of the global food crisis
The Bank of England governor warned last week of ‘apocalyptic’ food price rises. Yet war in Ukraine, climate change and inflation are already taking their toll all over the
21 May, 2022Australia federal election 2022 live updates: voters go to the polls as Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese prepare for elections results – latest news
Signs in Higgins resembling Greens election material urge voters to put Labor last despite the Greens recommending a vote for ALP ahead of Coalition; late polls show two-pa
21 May, 2022Children back in school after cleanup in traumatised Ukrainian village
No windows or textbooks but enthusiasm among pupils as classes resume in Novyi BykivA class of children in Novyi Bykiv sat listening to their teacher, his voice competing w
21 May, 2022Goddard & Gibbs, London E1: ‘It all feels very promising … until the food starts to arrive’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
Why open a gigantic seafood restaurant with little care or attention to the fine culinary art of fish cookery?Goddard & Gibbs, a laid-back, prettily staged, speciality fish
20 May, 2022US accuses Russia of weaponising food in Ukraine crisis and holding global supplies ‘hostage’
Blinken calls on Moscow to end blockade of Ukraine ports as Medvedev says Russia is ready to allow the flow of food when sanctions liftSee all our Russia-Ukraine war covera
20 May, 2022Want to know why food prices won’t go down any time soon? Ask a farmer
The simple solution to food inflation is to grow more of our own produce. Just don’t expect the government to support thatIf only the Ukraine war came to an end. If only en
19 May, 2022
Ofsted News
Research: Research review series: computing
A review of research into factors that influence the quality of computing education in schools in England.
16 May, 2022Press release: Computing education essential in technologically diverse world
Ofsted has published the latest in a series of reviews into different subjects across the curriculum. Today’s review looks at computing.
16 May, 2022Statistical data set: Initial teacher education (ITE) inspections and outcomes: management information
Management information of inspections that took place from 2014, published in the interest of transparency.
10 May, 2022Corporate report: Review of Ofsted’s statistical publications
A report on the responses to the review and our proposals.
10 May, 2022Guidance: Inspecting lead providers of the ECF and NPQ programmes
Information for lead providers about what happens when Ofsted carries out early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualification (NPQ) inspections.
29 April, 2022Speech: Amanda Spielman’s speech at the 2022 Schools and Academies Show
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector responded to the recent schools white paper and discussed Ofsted’s 2022–2027 strategy.
27 April, 2022
