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23 April 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

Breaktimes cut by up to 65 minutes a week, and 6 other findings from a landmark study

A landmark study on school breaktimes show they are getting shorter, taking up more staff and are more likely to be withheld. Ed Baines and Peter Blatchford from the Department of Psychology and Human Development at the UCL Institute of Education surveyed schools across England and compared their responses with previous studies in the mid-1990s […]

Hinds pledges 拢2m to help schools tackle child exploitation

Schools will get help to tackle child criminal or sexual exploitation under a £2 million scheme announced by the government. However, further details of how the scheme will work will not be announced until after a consultation. The new tackling child exploitation support programme will see academics and experts led by Research in Practice team […]

Two senior civil servants appointed as RSCs

Two senior civil servants have been appointed as regional schools commissioners – seemingly signalling the end of school leaders being appointed to the roles. Hannah Woodhouse, a deputy director in the office of the south west RSC Lisa Mannall will replace her boss on September 1. Claire Burton, a former chief executive of the Standards […]

AQA to replace exam papers after batch stolen

The exam board AQA will replace four exam papers already sent to schools after a batch was stolen. Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with the disappearance of a package containing AS sociology papers 1 and 2, GCSE French reading, foundation and higher tier and GCSE French writing, foundation and higher tier. The […]

Tackling off-rolling could prompt exclusions rise, and 8 other findings from the Timpson review

The government’s long-awaited review of exclusions has finally been published today. The Timpson review, carried out by former children’s minister Edward Timpson, was supposed to be published last year but has been heavily delayed. The review made 30 recommendations for the government to consider, and the education secretary Damian Hinds has confirmed he accepts them […]

Birmingham council appoints ex-prosecutor to mediate LGBT education protests

A leading former prosecutor has been appointed by Birmingham council to mediate between two sides in a dispute over LGBT relationships education. Nazir Afzal, a former chief prosecutor for the north west of England and Crown Prosecution Lead on child sexual abuse, offered his help in a Schools Week interview last month, claiming it was […]

Networked 鈥榚cosystems鈥� could transform learning

The next education secretary must be “less parochial” and “look at what the rest of the world is doing”, according to the lead author of a report into collaboration in education. Local Learning Ecosystems: Emerging models was published this week by the Innovation Unit, Qatar Foundation and World Innovation Summit for Education. It looked at […]

‘Don’t short-change young people at a time of chaos’ warns Whiteman

England must not “short-change” a generation of young people at a time of political chaos, a headteachers’ union leader will warn today. In his keynote speech to the annual conference of the National Association of Head Teachers, general secretary Paul Whiteman will tell delegates that “whatever the outcome” of Brexit, “we will need the best […]

Labour won’t make MAT CEOs redundant, says shadow minister

Labour will not make the chief executives of multi-academy trusts redundant if it wins power, a shadow education minister said. Tracy Brabin, the shadow early years minister, reassured school leaders at the annual conference of the National Association of Head Teachers today that they won’t lose their jobs at the top of academy chains under […]