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Record number of children in UK have special educational needs, new data shows

A record 1.8 million children in the UK have special educational needs (SEN), an increase of 91,400 (5%) on the previous year.

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Being and becoming human: a decolonising and transcolonial curriculum

What if a curriculum was organised not around subjects, but around the full range of human activities and possibilities?

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Social media bans risk excluding children from important opportunities rather than tackling harms, new report finds

Nearly half (45 per cent) of the children surveyed in a new report from researchers at LSE and the University of Oslo said age-based restrictions on social media would not make them feel any safer online.

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44% of the GCSE disadvantage gap is locked in by age 11, first-of-its-kind research shows

Nearly half (44 per cent) of the gap between the GCSE results of disadvantaged pupils and their peers already exists at age 11, according to new Education Policy Institute (EPI) and Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) research, underscoring the critical role of early years

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Revealed: the widening gender gap in MAT CEO pay

There has been a sharp rise in the salary gap between male and female leaders of the 100 biggest academy trusts, Tes analysis reveals.

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Eastern trusts plan 42-school merged MAT

The Inspiring Futures through Learning trust and Chiltern Learning Trust hope to merge next year if their plan gets DfE approval.

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