05/02/2025: School phone bans don’t boost grades or wellbeing, study suggests
Banning phones in schools is not linked to pupils getting higher grades or having better mental wellbeing, the first study of its kind suggests.
04/02/2025: Call for security guards at school gates after stabbing
The onus to do a daily check for knives in the bag of a 14-year-old girl convicted of attempted murder should not have been put on her father, Plaid Cymru’s education spokesperson has said.
03/02/2025: Phillipson says new Ofsted report cards will help struggling schools
The government will step in more quickly to help struggling schools based on the findings of new Ofsted report cards, the education secretary has said.
29/01/2025: ‘We don’t just teach – we clothe the kids, feed them and brush their teeth’
As the bell rings at St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy in Boston, Lincolnshire, head teacher Mrs Booth spots a little boy coming through the gates with his hood pulled up, crying.
20/01/2025: Free school meals ‘would tackle child poverty’
A Labour MP has said he wants to see the government introduce free school meals as a means to tackle child poverty, once the economy improves.
19/01/2025: School forced to close after ‘ransomware attack’
A school in Cheshire has announced a temporary closure after falling victim to a “ransomware attack”.
18/01/2025: Schools ‘need more help’ to tackle rising number of sexual assaults by pupils
Charities say better guidance is needed over increasing number of sexual assaults in UK primary schools.
17/01/2025: Ofsted inspection reforms ‘do not go far enough’
A school leaders’ union has said Ofsted inspection reforms “do not go anywhere near far enough”.
15/01/2025: Government to implement university free speech law
The government has confirmed plans to reintroduce a piece of legislation aimed at protecting free speech on university campuses.
08/01/2025: Rising costs force ‘difficult choices’ on schools
Head teachers say they face “difficult choices” over what their schools can afford, as a new report says they could be forced into further cuts next year.