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Dec 12, 20243 min read
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....
Nov 24, 20249 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 17, 20242 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 9, 20241 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...
Oct 14, 20243 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...
Sep 20, 20241 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 6, 20244 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...
Aug 31, 20245 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....
Jul 20, 20244 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 15, 20242 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...
Jun 12, 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...
Apr 20, 20243 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...
Mar 28, 20242 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 1, 20243 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...
Jan 17, 20245 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...
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