Press releases

Baseline assessment doesn't help

Date: 20/10/2023

Baseline assessment of English and Maths is inaccurate and unhelpful, finds new survey.

Government sneaks out latest reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) update

Date: 19/10/2023

The number of schools with RAAC continues to rise.

School environment

Trussell Trust on food banks

Date: 18/10/2023

Report forecasts increased demands on food banks this winter.

Child poverty

Digital exams

Date: 17/10/2023

Commenting on Making it Click, a report from AQA which makes a case for moving to digital exams, Daniel Kebede, General Secretary of the National Education Union.

Assessment

Nick Gibb on school funding

Date: 16/10/2023

We need to see a true step-change in the levels of education investment.

Funding

Revision of the National Funding Formula

Date: 12/10/2023

Education unions call on Government to restore £370m NFF funding

Funding

Bridget Phillipson Speech

Date: 11/10/2023

Labour is recognising that little can be achieved without working with, and in partnership, with teachers.

Union leaders call for an end to deadly asbesto legacy

Date: 08/10/2023

Coalition of Trade Unions calling for the removal of asbestos from all public buildings within the next 40 years

IFS report - school costs and inflationary pressures

Date: 05/10/2023

Headline figures on education funding do not translate into funding increases per pupil for schools.

Funding

NFER on post-Covid disadvantage gap

Date: 05/10/2023

Schools' efforts to close the gap for pupils are not matched by government support.

Rishi Sunak Speech

Date: 04/10/2023

Headline-seeking announcements are no substitute for doing the hard work fixing the major challenges facing education.

Mobile phones in schools

Date: 02/10/2023

The Education Secretary would do better facing up to the real challenges in our schools, rather than distracting attention from them.

Behaviour