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More than one in three school pupils who applied to university this year received some kind of unconditional offer to study, new analysis from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service shows. The organisation, which presides over university applications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has revised up its figures for the number of pupils given […]

Former government adviser and Policy Exchange head of education Jonathan Simons has joined the policy and PR consultancy Public First. Simons will lead education and social policy work at the firm, which was set up by former Department for Education chief spin doctor James Frayne and New Schools Network founder Rachel Wolf. The move marks […]

Ofsted should save its coveted ‘outstanding’ rating for schools which excel in creative and technical teaching in an effort to stop arts subjects being squeezed out, a charity has said. The Edge Foundation wants the watchdog to limit the top inspection grade to schools “that are able to demonstrate excellence in creative and technical teaching as […]

Large numbers of examiners aren’t happy with the system currently used to standardise their marking, a new report from Ofqual has revealed. The exams regulator surveyed thousands of examiners about online standardisation, which is used to ensure consistency in exam marking. Although most examiners were “at least quite happy” with online standardisation, there were “a […]

The school funding system will “implode” if next year’s spending review does not address pressures in SEND funding, a council education boss has warned. Dave Hill, executive director of children, families and learning at Surrey County Council, told the parliamentary education committee this morning that England is “close to a national crisis” on SEND funding. […]

Harrop Fold, the Salford secondary school that featured in the Channel 4 documentary Educating Greater Manchester, has been placed in special measures by Ofsted. Although the report from inspectors who visited the school at the end of last month has not yet been published, the outcome has been announced by Salford Council. The school will […]

The number of investigations into maladministration of primary school tests increased to almost 600 in 2017, new data out today reveals. A report shows the Standards and Testing Agency investigated 599 cases of maladministration of key stage 1 and 2 tests in 2017, up from 524 in 2016. The agency conducted 73 investigations into KS1 […]

More than half of older teenagers think schools should spend more time on relationships and sex education and cover more topics, a new poll has revealed. The survey of 1,001 16 and 17-year-olds by the Sex Education Forum and National Education Union found 52 per cent said the subject needed more teaching time, while 34 […]

A struggling academy trust relied on a government bailout to ensure it could pay pension contributions, it has been revealed. TBAP multi-academy trust, which runs 12 alternative provision academies, was issued with a financial notice to improve by the Education and Skills Funding Agency in August, after leaders requested almost £1 million in additional funding […]