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New specialist places to be created in mainstream schools
Major reforms to SEND system kicked off with £740 million capital investment to create more specialist places in mainstream schools....
Dec 12, 20243 min read

Minister McKinnell speech at Schools and Academies Show 2024
Education Minister Catherine McKinnell's yesterday addressed at the Schools and Academies Show in Birmingham. In the past 5 months it’s...
Nov 24, 20249 min read

Responding to bullying in schools
New guidance focuses on ‘prevention, response and inclusivity’. New guidance to support schools and organisations working with children...
Nov 17, 20242 min read

Ofsted opens registrations for new childcare provider type
Ofsted has today begun accepting applications for a new category of childcare provider, as part of a series of changes the Department for...
Nov 9, 20241 min read

A strong foundation in Reception and key stage 1 sets children up for success
Ofsted has today published a report looking at how schools support children to develop the foundational knowledge and skills they need by...
Oct 14, 20243 min read

Ofsted publishes updates to school inspection handbooks
Ofsted yesterday published updates to its state-funded school inspection handbooks as well as its deferral, pausing and gathering...
Sep 20, 20241 min read

Back to school 2024
This week is important to many children around the country, with the start of the new academic year. Whether a child is going to school...
Sep 6, 20244 min read

Teachers to get more trustworthy AI tech as generative tools learn from new bank of lesson plans and curriculums, helping them mark homework and save time
The UK government announced a new project today that will enhance AI's ability to assist teachers in marking work and planning lessons....
Aug 31, 20245 min read

Government launches Curriculum and Assessment Review
Leading education expert, Professor Becky Francis CBE, named as review chair. A broader, richer, cutting-edge curriculum that drives high...
Jul 20, 20244 min read

Education Secretary begins push to recruit 6,500 new teachers
Education Secretary takes first steps to reset relationship with teaching profession and recruit 6,500 new teachers The Education...
Jul 15, 20242 min read

Broaden and balance the primary curriculum to foster children’s creativity and love of learning
To guarantee the future of primary education, a new government should prioritise children and teacher agency, widen the curriculum, and...
Jun 12, 20242 min read

The Big Ambition for Education
After a period where schools were closed for most children, children and young people repeatedly spoke about their desire to return to...
Apr 20, 20243 min read

Ofsted asks children for their help with the Big Listen
Ofsted has today extended its Big Listen consultation to hear directly from children, seeking their views on how Ofsted can improve....
Mar 28, 20242 min read

Auditory Verbal therapy: supporting deaf children to thrive at school and beyond
Meet 11-year-old Louis from Cambridge. His parents were first told he had hearing loss at 18 months old. They wanted to do everything...
Mar 1, 20243 min read

School and further education inspections to begin from 22 January
Inspections of schools and further education providers in England will begin from 22 January, following mental health awareness training...
Jan 17, 20245 min read
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