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16 June 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

Train all teachers in attachment issues, says trauma expert

School staff should all be trained to deal with emotional trauma among children in care, according to an expert. New rules that require schools to appoint a specific member of staff to specialise in helping pupils in care are “insufficient”, said Tony Clifford (pictured below), who chairs the Attachment Research Community, who insisted that all […]

Single academy trust told to improve or face closure

A single-academy trust in West Yorkshire has been warned it faces closure if it does not improve after Ofsted found it was not taking effective action to get better. Unless Castle Hall Academy Trust can prove to schools commissioners that it can “achieve rapid and sustained improvement”, it will be issued with a termination warning […]

Damian Hinds faces first education committee grilling

The education secretary will take questions from MPs when he appears in front of the parliamentary education committee next week. Damian Hinds, who has been in the role for just over two months, will attend an accountability hearing on Wednesday morning. The committee said Hinds will face questions from across his brief, but is likely […]

Do the maths: Cost of new times-tables tests to top 拢5.2m

New times-tables tests for nine-year-olds will cost the Department for Education more than £5 million to implement, Schools Week can exclusively reveal. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show the government expects to have spent more than £2.8 million on the online tests between April 2015 and the end of this month, and […]

New data shows 12.5% rise in full secondary schools

The proportion of secondary schools that are full or over capacity has risen for the first time in at least seven years. Government statistics released this morning show that 16.2 per cent of secondary schools were full or over-capacity in 2017, up from 14.4 per cent in 2016, a rise of 12.5 per cent. The […]

School apprenticeship training company ‘not fit for purpose’ says Ofsted

A company that runs apprenticeship training for schools has been branded “not fit for purpose” by Ofsted after inspectors found apprentices did not “learn anything new” on its courses. The Key6 Group, which was set up by former headteacher Dr Jerry Grundy and runs an ‘apprentices in schools’ programme, began “swiftly” recruiting after it was […]

Schools sought for ‘returner-teachers’ pilot

Up to 10 schools are being sought to take part in a trial of a scheme aimed at persuading former teachers to return to the classroom. The government wants to find lead schools in the west Midlands and south-east for its programme, which will have a budget of at least £298,000 and will “test the best […]

Labour loses bid to give free school meals to all universal credit claimants

Labour has lost its bid to extend eligibility for free school meals to pupils from all households claiming universal credit. The party forced a vote in the House of Commons on changes proposed by the government that will see a new £7,400 earnings threshold for free school meals eligibility introduced for those claiming the new […]

Damian Hinds censured by stats watchdog over school funding claims

The education secretary made an “error” when he claimed in parliament that schools would get a real-terms increase in per-pupil funding, the Department for Education has admitted, following an investigation by the statistics watchdog. Damian Hinds was reported to the UK Statistics Authority after he claimed on January 29 that “real-terms funding per pupil is […]