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Education Secretary Gillian Keegan is due to meet union leaders on Wednesday in a bid to avert teacher walkouts. → Read More
Gillian Keegan said introducing minimum service levels would protect ‘vulnerable children’ in schools. → Read More
The National Education Union has declared seven days of walkouts in February and March. → Read More
Schools and colleges will only be inspected if there are safeguarding concerns, the Department for Education has said. → Read More
Parents said they had felt anxious, isolated and overwhelmed during the pandemic → Read More
The rapper called the expansion of the university programme ‘an incredible milestone’. → Read More
The England captain was a ‘model’ student with a strong work ethic at school, according to the head of PE. → Read More
Children have been allowed to wear football shirts, or the colours of their team, on Friday ahead of the historic sporting event. → Read More
The historian will pay the living costs of two Cambridge undergraduates from minority ethnic groups and low-income homes. → Read More
A record-breaking 55 pupils at Brampton Manor Academy have received offers to study at the universities of Oxford or Cambridge. → Read More
Sixty-five per cent of childcare providers polled say the government has not provided them enough support → Read More
The University of Oxford has been ranked first in an international league table for the fifth year in a row. A number of UK universities have slipped down the Times Higher Education (THE) world rankings — with Cambridge dropping from third to sixth place and Imperial College London falling out of the top 10. Experts have warned that the pandemic heralds “a perfect storm” of huge challenges for… → Read More
Independent education think tank says prioritising one group over another may not be easy → Read More
Schools in England will be able to appeal their students’s GCSE and A-level results if they can show grades are lower than expected because previous cohorts are not “representative” of this year’s students. England’s exams regulator has said schools and colleges can appeal if they can prove that historical data used to standardise grades is not a reliable indicator of this → Read More
The number of British school leavers applying to start degree courses this autumn has surged to a record high despite uncertainty amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Ucas figures suggest. A record 40.5 per cent of all UK 18-year-olds have applied to university. It is the first time more than two out of five have applied by this point in the cycle, according to the university → Read More
Ministers are facing increasing pressure from council leaders and teaching unions to reconsider their plans to open primary schools in England to more pupils from next month. Calderdale Council in West Yorkshire has joined a number of local authorities in advising its schools against reopening more widely to Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 pupils from June 1 amid safety concerns. → Read More
School closures do not appear to have a significant effect on the spread of infections during outbreaks such as Covid-19, a study suggests. Researchers found that school closures alone were predicted to reduce deaths by around 2 per cent to 4 per cent amid the Covid-19 outbreak in the UK, which is less than other social distancing measures. → Read More
Outdated school IT systems are struggling to cope with a surge in demand as learning has moved online during the coronavirus outbreak. Technology in many schools is like the “dark ages” compared with other sectors, the headteachers’ union warned. → Read More
Schools across the country are closed to most pupils and A-level and GCSE exams have been cancelled amid the coronavirus pandemic. The news has left parents, students and teachers with many questions about what it will mean for teenagers hoping to start university in the autumn term. Education secretary Gavin Williamson has said that all statutory exams in England – Sats, GCSEs and A-levels –… → Read More
Vulnerable young people could be at greater risk of mental health problems amid lengthy school closures during the coronavirus pandemic, experts have warned. Children and teenagers across the country have had to cope with schools suddenly closing their doors, the cancellation of exams and a prohibition of face-to-face interactions with friends. → Read More