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17 June 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

Timpson review to demand excluded pupils count in schools’ results

A landmark review of exclusions will demand the government revives plans to make schools retain responsibility for the results of pupils they exclude. Leaked documents show that the Timpson review will call for a “significant shift” for schools, alternative provision settings and councils, demanding that ministers “remove the potential” for heads to game the system […]

Grammar school to prioritise poorer pupils from out of area over 11-plus high-scorers

A grammar school in Dorset will prioritise poorer pupils from outside its catchment area over those with the highest 11-plus scores in order to secure government expansion funding. Bournemouth School for Girls has set out changes to its admissions criteria, moving children eligible for the pupil premium from out of catchment up the ladder at the […]

AQA increases dominance of GCSE market as OCR slumps

The exam board AQA now issues three in every five GCSE certificates after increasing its dominance of the market for the second year in a row. AQA’s share of the GCSE market reached 60 per cent in 2017-18, up from 52 per cent the year before and 46 per cent in 2015-16. The increase has […]

Another studio school considers closure over poor recruitment

Leaders of a studio school in Liverpool are “strongly considering” closing their institution next year, after poor recruitment affected its financial viability. Studio@Deyes has a capacity of 300 but just 196 pupils, and accounts show it ended the last academic year with a deficit of almost £600,000. Twenty-one studio schools have closed to-date, and a […]

The lost generation: Are we failing England’s deaf children?

Deaf children in England fall a whole grade behind their peers at GCSE, according to new analysis that has prompted warnings of a “lost generation” of young people. The National Deaf Children’s Society analysed Department for Education data, and found that deaf children achieved an average GCSE grade of 3.9, historically a grade D, while […]

Science ‘downgraded’ in primary schools, Ofsted warns

A move by some primary schools to “downgrade” science teaching could have a “serious impact” on the depth and breadth of understanding and knowledge of the subject that pupils take into secondary school, Ofsted has warned. In the latest report on ongoing curriculum research by the watchdog, Ofsted warned that science “has clearly been downgraded in […]

Rural and coastal schools feel isolated from government support, research finds

Ministers should review how schools bid for government support and intervention to improve access for isolated schools, researchers have said. A joint report by academics at Plymouth Marjon University and the University of Plymouth found that a lack of access to externally-funded educational interventions can lead to schools in rural or coastal communities feeling isolated. […]

Scrap GCSEs in favour of ‘holistic baccalaureate’ says education committee chair

GCSEs and A-levels should be scrapped and replaced with one “holistic baccalaureate” for 18-year-olds which recognises academic and technical skills and personal development, a senior Conservative MP has said. Robert Halfon, a former skills minister who chairs the parliamentary education committee, wants to mimic the international baccalaureate, which requires pupils to sit subjects from six […]

鈥楽ystematic failure鈥� lifts academy trust鈥檚 deficit to 拢2.4m

An academy trust in charge of schools for excluded and vulnerable pupils unknowingly racked up a £2.4 million deficit because of a “systematic” failure in its financial systems. Annual accounts for 2017-18, published last week, have revealed the full extent of financial mismanagement at the TBAP Multi-Academy Trust. Leaders at the trust, which runs 11 […]