Primary

Monday

4th Mar 2024

Poorer pupils still behind on maths and reading after Covid
Think tank report shows it’s ‘abundantly clear that there needs to be continued investment in education recovery’
Maths and reading gap since Covid

Wednesday

28th Feb 2024

Pupils less school-ready this year, say half of teachers
More children ‘appear to be starting primary school without the basic life skills they need’, heads’ leader warns
Child putting on shoes

Tuesday

27th Feb 2024

Digital Reception Baseline Assessment delayed by a year
The delay has been called ‘frustrating’ for schools that will have spent time preparing for the testing changes, which were set to start in the 2024-25 autumn term
Digital Reception Baseline Assessment delayed by a year

Tuesday

20th Feb 2024

‘Majority of parents’ want all primary pupils to get free meals
The survey findings come after free school meals were extended to every primary school pupil in London for a second year
The majority of parents want free school meals extended to all primary school pupils.

Thursday

8th Feb 2024

RAAC schools not expected to provide wraparound childcare
All schools will be expected to provide wraparound childcare on their site, ‘unless there is a reasonable justification not to’, DfE confirms in new guidance
The DfE has published guidance setting out what is expected from schools offering wraparound care.

Wednesday

7th Feb 2024

Call to scrap literacy and numeracy SNSAs at all stages
SNSAs lead to schools being judged ‘inappropriately’ and are ‘inconsistent’ with a play-based approach in early primary, says Willie Rennie
Call to scrap literacy and numeracy SNSAs at all stages

Thursday

1st Feb 2024

Heads urge DfE to pause school Progress 8 scores
ASCL questions how the government can measure secondary school student progress without a baseline from primary
Heads urge DfE to pause school Progress 8 scores

Thursday

25th Jan 2024

Revealed: The schools worst hit by the costs crisis
Local authority maintained schools saw an increase in spending during the costs crisis last year, particularly on supply teachers and SEND services
The schools worst hit by the costs crisis

Thursday

23rd Nov 2023

Times table check: scores rise in second year
The results from the second year of the multiplication tables check have been released, showing a slightly wider gap for pupils with EHCPs
Times table check: scores rise for second year

Wednesday

22nd Nov 2023

Barran urges ‘caution’ over school closures amid falling rolls
Academies minister also acknowledges that small primaries have ‘tighter’ finances than larger secondaries
Barran falling rolls

Monday

13th Nov 2023

Specific SEND diagnosis more likely in affluent areas
Primary pupils with special educational needs and disabilities living in more affluent areas also have a higher chance of receiving an education, health and care plan, research shows
SEND: Affluent children more likely to get certain diagnosis

Thursday

9th Nov 2023

Violence in Scottish primaries not ‘a rarity’, Gilruth told
The education secretary’s suggestion that it is low-level disruption – and not violence – that is on the rise has been dismissed by primary school leaders
Violence in Scottish schools Gilruth