The book publisher Penguin Random House has teamed up with the thinktank the Runnymede Trust to boost diversity in reading lists in schools.The partnership – Lit in Colour – follows a recent report by Teach First which found that pupils could leave school in England...
A £10 million programme to improve children’s fluency in Mandarin is set to be extended. The government-funded Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) was launched in 2016 to get “at least 5,000 young people on track towards fluency in Mandarin Chinese by 2020” and train “at least 100...
A teachers’ union is urging the government to consider the potential of secondary schools moving to a rota system in ‘high’ and ‘very high’ risk areas. The National Education Union says that as of October 16, its analysis shows the infection rate in secondary schools is...
The government has intervened to urge parents not to take the decision to remove their children from school “lightly” after councils across England reported soaring increases in elective home education (EHE) registrations. Elective time education is when a child is permanently removed from a school’s roll...
Investigation: Minister intervenes as home education soars ‘Orphan’ school trust silent on CEO’s departure Mental health teams overlook excluded pupils DfE consults on scrapping quals competing with A-Levels by 2023 No evidence for minister’s claim parents ‘prefer to pay’ for school dinners We fear next summer’s exams, say lockdown heads Revealed:...
More than 200 children's writers have urged the government to ensure no child goes hungry this winter as the row over free school meals continues.Children's laureate Cressida Cowell, David Baddiel and Frank Cottrell Boyce are among those to have signed a letter calling for "official"...
The special academy trust set up by government to take over “orphan” schools has refused to explain why its chief executive has left the role. Questions surround the departure of Gareth Mason (pictured second from the right above) as chief executive of the Falcon Education Academies...
There’s only really one way forward if we don’t want this year’s grades to become meaningless, writes James Handscombe This summer, after committing themselves to avoiding grade inflation and promising centres wouldn’t be the final arbiters of results, Ofqual and the politicians ended up delivering a...
A publisher has said it will conduct an "immediate review" into an A Level textbook accused of being "deeply offensive to autistic people".Pearson's A Level Psychology Revision Guide says children who have "tantrums" due to routine changes may be autistic.The National Autistic Society called it...
The government has moved a step closer to removing funding for applied general qualifications, such as BTECs, that compete with T Levels and A-levels by autumn 2023. The Department for Education will today launch the second stage of its consultation on the future of vocational and...