Schools are advised that progress scores will not be affected, but heads voice fears about ‘additional stress and workload’

Government 'will design new model' for allocating the pupil premium and other disadvantage cash

Local authorities will get a grant to cover all but 10% of deficits accrued by the end of 2025-26

Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report

Government 'will design new model' for allocating the pupil premium and other disadvantage cash

Ofsted's expectation that schools provide a graded self-evaluation using its new five-point scale has sparked warnings from heads' leaders

Police said dozens of smoke grenades and pyrotechnic devices were thrown, injuring 12 civilians and three police officers.

And overall progress since the pandemic has plateaued

Despite losing an appeal at a public inquiry earlier this year over night flights, Leeds Bradford Airport appears to have come out on top, at least for now

Move to ensure poorer pupils are not shut off from wider curriculum

Proposal aims to tackle under-achievement by white working-class children and improve schools’ focus on reading Pupils at state schools in England will face new reading tests in an attempt to tackle under-achievement by white working-class children. The government’s forthcoming white paper on schools is to include a new test of reading ability for pupils in year 8, aged 12 or 13, in an effort to encourage secondary schools to improve their teaching. Continue reading...

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships will give "bigger emphasis on skills", Jacqui Smith claims

Major supplier apologises as schools unable to pay suppliers and respond to safeguarding concerns

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We look at some of the things DfE should consider when providing schools with comparative analysis of the percentage of pupils reaching a good level of development (GLD) at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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A Gaza doctor’s chilling account challenges us to face the banality of evil – and the global powers quietly enabling it

Support for the protest group was legal last week—but now it is ‘terrorism’. This is an assault on our liberty

Experts raise alarm over ‘commodification’ of vulnerable children as independent fostering agencies make millions in profit Experts have raised alarm over the “commodification” of vulnerable foster children as analysis reveals almost a quarter of all foster places in England are now provided by private equity-backed companies making millions of pounds in profits. Analysis for the Guardian by thinktank Common Wealth found independent fostering agencies (IFAs) are making millions via public funding from councils to provide placements for foster children, while foster carers struggle to pay bills. Continue reading...

Bob Vylan’s IDF Chant Ignites Uproar, While Actual Atrocities Get a Pass

Sir Ephraim Mirvis hit out after Bob Vylan's controversial performance at Glastonbury was aired by BBC.

ASCL and NAHT set out ‘unprecedented step’ being considered in letter to education secretary

Union bosses say new timeline for the roll-out of Ofsted's revised inspection framework would put 'unacceptable' pressure on schools, as they call for a delay

Local authorities say a £5bn shortfall in special needs funding could leave dozens effectively insolvent within months

The former chief inspector is set to be announced as the new Ofsted chair later today, Schools Week understands

Union leaders have blasted 'ridiculous' move by Ofsted to delay revealing its report card plan until September

The government is reviewing the way it allocates funding for disadvantaged pupils amid concerns the shake-up of free school meals could cut pupil premium cash

The government is reviewing the way it allocates funding for disadvantaged pupils amid concerns the shake-up of free school meals could cut pupil premium cash

Data also shows fall in number of private school pupils, but an increase in the number of schools

With data showing one in four pupils already get free lunches, institute says short-term benefits over-estimated The expansion of free school meals will initially benefit far fewer children in England than claimed, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, as data shows more than one in four at state schools already receive free lunches. The figures from the Department for Education’s annual school census show that 25.7% of all pupils now receive free school meals (FSM), up by more than a percentage point compared with last year and nearly double the 13.6% in 2017. Continue reading...

Unpacking the Government's decision to widen FSM access to all households on universal credit.

DfE lifts the £7,400 income cap for accessing FSM - but this won’t result in more pupil premium cash for schools and it is unclear how many extra pupils will benefit