ASCL to create ‘safe space’ for trust CEOs to ‘amplify’ their voice
New network aims to make government more aware of the challenges being faced by academy trust leaders.
Groups raise concerns over STEM subjects in schools
A group of expert organisations has written to the Scottish Government raising concerns about uneven exam standards for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects in secondary schools.
Half of England’s maintained nursery schools unable to balance budgets as funding review looms
A recent survey reveals that many of England’s 376 maintained nursery schools face severe financial struggles.
Middle classes are bearing the brunt of Labour’s private school raid
Labour pitched its VAT raid on private schools as a way to level the playing field.
Nearly three-quarters of nursery schools to cut costs amid pressures
Many maintained nursery schools are struggling to stay afloat, research shows – at a time when the government is talking up early years’ role in getting children school-ready.
Three colleges land share of £80m defence skills fund
Three FE colleges have won a share of an £80 million government fund to increase defence-related education places and improved facilities.
DfE Early Years Champion urges sector to ‘work as one’ amid claims policy ‘pits school-based nurseries against PVIs’
Sue Robb has urged the early years sector to ‘work as one’ amid concerns that the Government’s Best Start in Life strategy ‘pits private, voluntary and independent (PVI) nurseries against school-based nurseries’.
Hague: Oxford lectures cancelled over protests should go ahead
University chancellor says both academic freedom and legitimate protest must be upheld on campus.
Primary school teachers matter for learning, but may have little impact on attendance
A long-running question in education research is just how much difference individual teachers make to pupil outcomes.
Populism and centrism in universities
Universities should pitch to the centre, not (yet) the right.
Nursery teachers to get £4,500 tax-free bonus if they take jobs in these 10 areas
Qualified nursery teachers will be offered a £4,500 tax-free bonus to take jobs in 10 areas of the country with the most acute staff shortages.
Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation in Wales: Overcrowded prisons and workforce pressures undermining safety and rehabilitation, MPs warn
Population pressures, staffing challenges and overcrowding have undermined staff and prisoner safety and the effectiveness of rehabilitation across the prison estate in England and Wales, the Welsh Affairs Committeewarns in a report published today.
Are parents happy with early years childcare? MPs hear evidence on affordability and safeguarding
The Committee has been investigating the access, affordability and quality of early years provision, among other issues including the safeguarding of children in early years settings.
Struggling academy trust with £9m deficit names new CEO
The academy trust in the largest financial hole in England has named its new chief executive, days after the resignation of its last boss.
CITB launches fast-track apprenticeship ‘hub’ grants
A construction skills quango has launched an “accelerated apprenticeships” grant programme that will fund its network of 20 training “hubs” first promised in late 2024.
Universities are the missing partners in local resilience
Local resilience forums are one of the UK’s key ways to organise emergency responses.
Cambridge more expensive than Ivy League for foreign medical students
Cambridge and other leading UK universities are now more expensive than Ivy League colleges for foreign medical students.
'Shocking' rise in number of home-schooled children in Wales
There has been a "shocking" rise in the number of children being taught at home in recent years, a council has heard.
School based nurseries 'far more likely' than PVI providers to receive an Ofsted ‘needs attention’ grade
An investigation by National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) suggests that far more schools with early years provision are receiving ‘needs attention’ grades, than private or voluntary settings.
Ofsted to include safer sleep in inspections – early years minister Olivia Bailey
Ofsted will now consider safe sleep practices as a routine part of inspection, alongside an update to safe sleep requirements in the early years curriculum from September.