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DfE to test and ‘quality-mark’ education apps

The Department for Education plans to assess and “quality-mark” smartphone and tablet education apps for younger pupils. Officials will also consider extending the assessment to apps for older children if the process is a success. But experts in educational technology say that the scheme’s success will hinge on whether teachers with experience of learning with […]

School budgets raided of 拢22m to replace scrapped ESG funding

School budgets have been raided to the tune of tens of millions of pounds by cash-strapped councils scrambling to make up an education services grant funding black hole. Thirty-six local authorities have top-sliced more than £22.4 million from school budgets between them this year to make up for the loss of the education services grant, […]

The Seldon List: OECD chief and schools minister top trad-dominated education influencers list

Andreas Schleicher, the OECD’s education chief, Nick Gibb, the schools minister, and Amanda Spielman, the head of Ofsted, have topped a new list of the most influential people in education. The list, drawn up by Sir Anthony Seldon with the help of a panel of 20 educationists, is likely to be controversial as it dominated […]

Update us annually on school mental health plan progress, MPs tell ministers

MPs want annual updates from the government on its plan to introduce new mental health support teams to work with schools. The recommendation, from the parliamentary public accounts committee, follows an admission from the government that the new teams of clinicians may not reach every school in England for a decade. Proposals for the new […]

Some free schools were always ‘bound to fail’, admits former minister

Some free schools were always “bound to fail”, one of the main architects of the programme has admitted. Lord Hill of Oareford, who served as a schools minister under Michael Gove between 2010 and 2013, told a House of Lords debate today that he has “never believed that structure is more important than people”, and […]

DfE has ‘long way to go’ to deliver for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils, minister admits

The government has a “long way to go” to improve the educational outcomes of children from the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, a minister has admitted. Nadhim Zahawi, the children’s minister, told MPs this morning that he is looking at ways of narrowing the attainment gap for GRT pupils, who are among the worst-performing pupils […]

Schools need cash to replace crumbling tech infrastructure, MPs told

Schools in England forced to use eight-year-old computers need a one-off capital cash injection to “level the playing field”, education technology experts have told MPs. The parliamentary education committee heard from representatives of technology companies during a hearing this morning into the impact of the fourth industrial revolution. It was part of the same inquiry […]

Some pupils may not access new school mental health services for a decade

A government scheme to improve access to mental health services for pupils may not reach all schools for a decade, it has been admitted. Campaigners and MPs had already expressed concerns about an initial target to reach just one in four areas by 2023, but now it seems the full roll-out could take up to […]

Ministers accused of ‘broken promise’ on school funding

The government has broken its promise to increase funding to every school in England, a union has claimed. Ministers have repeatedly claimed there will be “a cash increase for every school” as a result of its new national funding formula and £1.3 billion of additional funding announced in 2017. However, analysis by the National Education […]

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