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20 April 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

Grammar schools: Tories could delay vote on ban until after 2020 election

A vote to lift the 19-year ban on new grammar schools could be postponed until after the next election to guarantee its passage through parliament, Schools Week understands. Mounting opposition among Conservative MPs has prompted discussions about whether a vote is needed before May 2020. One senior Conservative MP told Schools Week that as many […]

All you wanted to know about sex education in schools… but were afraid to ask

The government has announced it will introduce compulsory sex and relationship education for all schools, including academies. What happens next? The policy has been added to the children and social work bill which is currently making its way through parliament. If passed, all the law will do is place a duty on Justine Greening, the […]

Government went ‘hell for leather’ on free schools, admits DfE top boss

The government went “hell for leather” and approved some free schools “a little bit fast” in the early days of the programme, the Department for Education’s top boss has admitted. Jonathan Slater, the permanent secretary of the DfE, told the parliamentary public accounts committee this afternoon that the government was accountable for the four mainstream […]

Rayner: Labour has ‘will and vision’ to improve education

Labour has the “political will and vision” to make England’s education system “the envy of the world”, the shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has said today, but school leaders must wait to hear the party’s official policies. The former care worker and union rep admitted the need to develop “coherent” policies had given her “sleepless […]

Lower 11-plus pass mark for poorer pupils, government tells grammars

A lower 11-plus test pass mark will be introduced for poorer pupils in a bid to make grammar schools more inclusive, but research suggests this could defeat the object of selective schools. The Times reports today that the government will force grammar schools to offer lower 11-plus pass marks to poorer children to “end the middle-class […]

Don’t take decisions which harm other trusts, Carter warns academy leaders

Academy bosses should not be taking decisions which have a negative impact on other trusts, Sir David Carter has warned. One of the “biggest challenges” Carter said he faces as national schools commissioner is preventing a system of “isolated” academy trusts as schools continue converting their status over the next 10 years. Carter addressed members […]

ASCL 2017: Justine Greening heckled by heads over grammar plans

School leaders heckled the education secretary Justine Greening today over claims that grammar schools help close the attainment gap for disadvantaged pupils. Heads shouted “rubbish” and audibly groaned as Greening took questions about her plan to expand selection during an otherwise ordered and polite session at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) annual […]

Class sizes pushing 40 as cuts bite, union claims

Headteachers are being forced to increase class sizes to cope with funding pressures, with some leaders reporting they are now teaching pupils in classes of 40 or more. Of more than 1,000 school leaders who responded to a survey by the Association of School and College Leaders, more than four fifths said they had increased class […]