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Teachers are being forced to buy “uniforms and even mattresses” for pupils because their parents cannot afford them, Jeremy Corbyn has warned. The Labour leader told activists in a speech today that it made him “angry” that schools are having to close early on Fridays, and said he had heard from teachers that pupils could […]

The use of corporate language in the academies sector – such as calling bosses chief executives – is “unhelpful”, says a former Department for Education policy adviser. Jon Yates, who was a special adviser to Damian Hinds, said there would be “some value” in “moving away” from such terms – including “multi-academy trust”. He backs […]

An £18 million cash injection to boost social mobility in deprived areas has been called “pork-barrel politics” after it emerged that nearly half are marginal constituencies. The Department for Education announced on Monday that its social mobility opportunity areas programme will be extended for another year. It takes the total funding to £100 million. The […]

Illegal schools have prepared “drills” for Ofsted visits that include sending children “running out of every door” when inspectors call. Sean Harford, the inspectorate’s national director of education, told the IncludEd South conference in London on Saturday that his staff have had to go “back and forwards” to nail illegal settings. When we go into […]

An academy trust has complained to Ofsted about the “oversimplified language” inspectors used to describe its failings at a special school rated ‘inadequate’. Since the introduction of the new inspection framework in September, Ofsted’s reports have become shorter and simpler. I find the tone patronising – these reports are for adults, not children The change […]

Schools have been told they will need to reschedule flu vaccination sessions planned for later this month after some batches of the vaccine were delayed. Public Health England has announced that manufacturer AstraZeneca has advised it of a delay to the delivery of nasal spray given to primary school pupils. The announcement means some schools […]

A post-16 qualification that was popular with England’s private schools is to be scrapped, the exam board that administers it has said. Cambridge Assessment International Education has announced it will administer its Pre-U qualification, an alternative to A-levels, for the last time in 2023, with a last re-sit available in June 2024. The organisation said […]