Curriculum

The programme, called GR8 School, will use an interactive learning platform to track pupil progress, with teachers – ‘human mentors’ – stepping in to support when required

Wide disadvantage gap has not shifted but the proportion of pupils with SEND meeting the phonics standard reaches new high

NEU calls for tests to be scrapped after survey highlights teachers’ fears that they will narrow the curriculum and crank up workload pressure

The way we teach politics and citizenship could be undermining girls’ confidence, warns Professor Bryony Hoskins

EEF trial of primary teachers using Oak National Academy’s AI assistant finds newer teachers more likely to create lesson plans with it than experienced colleagues

There’s an increasing focus on how online content is influencing young people’s attitudes towards sex and relationships, but we shouldn’t forget the impact of what they watch on TV, says safeguarding lead Charli Faux

Too many young people have been ‘cast adrift’ by the school system, prime minister Andy Burnham tells Labour Party conference

The requirements for enrichment activities during the school day need to be spelled out, says Commons Education Select Committee chair

The education secretary commits to further reforms to the schools watchdog, and defends Labour’s planned expansion of technical education

As the DfE introduces new vocational GCSEs, the sector needs to reject assumptions that pupils who struggle academically must instead be ‘good with their hands’, write two sector leaders

A recent OECD study ranked England’s early years system as one of the most effective internationally, writes Julian Grenier, but there are still challenges to address

There is ‘still some way to go’ as students continue to receive lower grades in MFL than in English and maths, analysis by FFT suggests