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Pupils who pass the phonics reading screening check on their first attempt are almost three times more likely to meet the “expected standard” in reading at key stage 2, the government has revealed. New data published by the Department for Education tracked the performance in the SATs reading test of pupils based on when they […]

The number of primary schools below the government’s “floor standard” for key stage 2 SATs results has dropped. This year, 364, or 3 per cent of mainstream primary schools fell below the floor standard, down from 511, or 4 per cent of primary schools, last year. Though the floor standards remain in place as a […]

Schools failed to collect pupil nationality and country of birth data for hundreds of thousands of pupils for the second year running following an outcry over the controversial policy and a boycott by parents and schools. Data released today by the Department for Education shows that the government failed to obtain nationality data for 17.8 […]

Funding rates for sixth forms will remain unchanged next year, the Education and Skills Funding Agency has confirmed, dashing hopes of a cash boost for schools and colleges. A letter from Peter Mucklow, director of further education at the agency, published today, said that the national base rates of £4,000 per full time pupil aged 16 […]

Ministers have allocated £2 million in research funding to the rejuvenated Social Mobility Commission, a year after all of its commissioners quit in despair over government inaction. The Commission, which advises the government on issues such as educational disadvantage, teacher supply and the isolation of rural and coastal schools, will relaunch at an event at […]

A girls’ secondary school in Kent wants to add single-gender primary provision on its site. If the move goes ahead, Rainham School for Girls will become only the sixth school nationally to provide girls-only education to primary age pupils, and only the tenth nationally to provide single-gender schooling to younger pupils. The Medway school, which […]

A leading headteacher found not guilty of unacceptable professional conduct over a sexual relationship with a former pupil will return to work next year, it has been announced. John Tomsett, the headteacher of Huntington School in York, has been on leave for more than two months as a result of a Teacher Regulation Agency misconduct […]