Primary

Schools minister Nick Gibb says preventative antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by Strep A infections

It’s tempting to point the finger at Covid for falling reading scores, but we can’t ignore underlying problems that were there before the pandemic, says Megan Dixon

Writing outcomes this year may tell a bleak story, but the situation isn’t hopeless, says Alex Quigley, with simple classroom practices able to have a big impact

The sector must guard against false confidence in simple times table recall as true maths learning, warns E-ACT’s national director for primary education

From boys doing better than girls, more evidence of the disadvantage gap, and the surprising impact of language on results, we draw out some of the key insights from the Department for Education’s first times tables check

DfE announces multiplication tables results and extra maths hub funding in push towards 2030 Sats target

With new research revealing that the number of ‘very low’ attainers in Year 2 reading has tripled post-Covid, academy trust chief Cathie Paine says the situation would be worse without teachers’ ‘colossal’ catch-up efforts

EEF chief executive Professor Becky Francis says ‘tackling education equality’ is the biggest challenge facing school system

More strike ballot results over teacher pay in Scotland are expected in the next seven days

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

Dance remains ‘unexplored’ in Scottish primary schools, research shows – despite its myriad benefits

Despite the dominance of digital time these days, the curriculum says that all children must learn to read an analogue clock by age 7. For some pupils with SEND, this presents specific challenges, says Liz Hawker, as she shares her advice