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‘Ridiculous’ timeline for schools to introduce enrichment benchmarks
Schools will have less than a term to prepare the new enrichment entitlements before Ofsted inspects them, with sector leaders warning this is a ‘recipe for heightening stress’
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Is education helping Scotland to meet its other big challenges?
RSE report finds that more must be done to link education with other national priorities, including the climate emergency, poverty and economic prosperity
SEND: Government extends councils’ statutory override
Announcing a 'phased transition process' to reform the SEND system, the government will extend the mechanism that allows councils to keep their high-needs spending deficits off their books
Do we need adults in the exam hall?
England's biggest exam board sees AI invigilation as the future for GCSEs and A levels, but others warn of potential risks – including for students with SEND. Tes explores the pros and cons
Entries for GCSE statistics almost double in 4 years
The 96 per cent increase in take-up since 2021 – the largest for any GCSE or A-level subject – has been welcomed amid fears of a growing maths attainment gap
Consultation opens on changes to RO and RME opt-out rules
A Holyrood committee wants to understand the potential impact of a new law that would give children more of a say over opting out of religious observance and education
Sport and enrichment offer of every state school to be published
School leaders warn that the plan must focus on supporting rather than placing "additional expectations" on under-resourced schools
250 more schools to be rebuilt after funding extension
School and college maintenance funding will reach £2.9 billion by 2034-35, the government says today in its new infrastructure strategy
Yorkshire MATs planning merger to create 47-school trust
Ebor Academy Trust and Nexus Multi Academy Trust proposal would create the biggest primary and special school MAT in England
Behaviour guidance ‘crystal clear’ on exclusions, says Swinney
FM hits back after guidance for schools on behaviour and consequences is dismissed by Tories as ‘handwringing nonsense’ that is vague on use of exclusions
Global warming risks 11 days of lost learning a year, DfE warns
Nearly three in five secondary school sites are at high risk of flooding, says the DfE in response to analysis of the impact of climate change on learning
Sir Paul Tarn to stand down from Delta Academies Trust
Leader of one of England's biggest academy trusts is leaving after nearly 10 years at the helm
Recording of racist incidents ‘essential’, Scottish schools told
New government guidance for schools on tackling racism is timely amid a rise in far-right narratives and hate speech, says diversity expert
Nearly 1 in 5 teachers say students use cannabis at school
Students' use of drugs and alcohol is contributing to violent and disruptive behaviour in schools, teaching union warns
More school leavers in ‘positive destinations’ but university gap widens
The divide in university attendance between the most and least deprived school leavers grew to 34.7 percentage points for the 2023-24 cohort
Exclusion ‘an appropriate and necessary tool’, says behaviour guidance
But Scotland’s biggest teaching union warns that ‘policies alone will not address the serious issue of violence and aggression’ in schools – and that more funding is needed