Primary

Thursday

5th Jan 2023

Primary teachers to get pupil careers training
New £2.6m government scheme will provide training and support to teachers in 55 Education Investment Areas
Teacher in classroom

Wednesday

28th Dec 2022

Union condemns ‘shameful’ delay in free meals for P6-7s
Full rollout of free school meals to all primary pupils now looks like it will happen, at best, two years after original target date
Teaching union condemns ‘shameful’ delay in free meals for P6-7s

Thursday

22nd Dec 2022

Legal challenge over sex education in Wales rejected
High Court judge rules against campaigners who challenged the teaching of relationships and sexuality education in primary schools
Campaigners lose legal challenge over sex education in Welsh primaries

Monday

12th Dec 2022

Hiring teachers should be top DfE priority, say parents
Parents would be happy with ‘more frequent, lighter touch’ Ofsted inspections, finds report
Hiring teachers should be top DfE priority, say parents

Tuesday

6th Dec 2022

Strep A: Pupils at schools with outbreaks could get antibiotics
Schools minister Nick Gibb says preventative antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by Strep A infections
Abs Lactobacillus Bulgaricus Bacteria

Thursday

24th Nov 2022

Times tables check: more than 25% get top marks
DfE announces multiplication tables results and extra maths hub funding in push towards 2030 Sats target
Blackboard
‘Very low’ attainers in Year 2 reading triple post-Covid
EEF chief executive Professor Becky Francis says ‘tackling education equality’ is the biggest challenge facing school system
Year 2 reading low achievers tripled after Covid

Wednesday

9th Nov 2022

Scottish primary school leaders vote for strike action over pay
More strike ballot results over teacher pay in Scotland are expected in the next seven days
Peanuts

Tuesday

8th Nov 2022

Sats 2023: Schools to close on extra May bank holiday
Further details of what this means for key stage 2 Sats will be set out ‘as soon as possible’ this month, according to the DfE
chairs, Desks

Friday

4th Nov 2022

Primary teachers urged to explore ‘wonder of dance’
Dance remains ‘unexplored’ in Scottish primary schools, research shows – despite its myriad benefits
Primary teachers urged to explore ‘wonder of dance

Monday

17th Oct 2022

Incorrect Sats marks rise by a fifth
Exclusive: Increase is ‘further evidence of a Sats system beset with problems this year’, says union leader
Incorrect Sats marks rise by a fifth

Thursday

6th Oct 2022

Phonics check results lowest since 2014
The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in the phonics screening check in Year 1 fell to 75 per cent this year – in the first such check since before Covid
Little Boy Looking at Books