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14 June 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

MPs hope power of prayer will scrap pupil database changes

MPs will attempt to scrap a law that forces schools to collect data on pupils’ nationality and country of birth unless they receive reassurances from the government over potential misuse of the data, Schools Week can reveal. Opposition politicians are preparing to use parliamentary procedure to try to repeal the legal move that implemented the […]

Wilshaw writes letter condemning heads for failing to stop pupil fight

The Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has criticised four London schools following a fight involving some of their pupils. Wilshaw said the schools should have known about plans for a fight between pupils in September and sent staff to break it up. In a letter to the heads of the four schools involved, he said […]

Comprehensives can have ‘grammar school ethos’, claims Wilshaw

Comprehensives can have a ‘grammar-school ethos’, Sir Michael Wilshaw has claimed as he launched his latest attack on plans to expand selection. The Ofsted boss told the Freedom and Autonomy for Schools National Association (FASNA) conference this morning that grammar schools were not the answer to the nation’s problems, but said there was no reason […]

Former union boss and Reach 4 chair among new advisers for schools commissioner

A former union president and the chair of one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing academy trusts have been appointed to advise the schools commissioner Martin Post. Post, the regional commissioner for north west London and south central England, has announced that Tony Draper, Peter Little and Seamus Oates will join his advisory headteacher board. […]

Nick Gibb summoned to grammar schools ‘evidence check’ hearing

The schools minister Nick Gibb and several leading academics have been summoned to an ‘evidence check’ hearing on the government’s proposals for new grammar schools. The education select committee will grill Gibb and five other key witnesses at the session next Tuesday (November 8). An announcement last month that the government wants to see an expansion […]

Nationality data won’t be included in National Pupil Database, says minister

Pupils’ nationality and country of birth data will not be included in the national pupil database (NPD) following a backlash from schools and parents, Lord Nash has said. In a bid to address privacy concerns around the use of the data, the school system minister has announced that the Department for Education will now hold […]

Academy trusts wanting cash to grow ‘rejected’ by DfE

Cash handouts to help academy trusts expand are not reaching all the chains that want them, says a senior government official. Applications for the latest round of sponsor capacity funding – government cash available for trusts that want to take over new schools – closed in July. But a senior government official told the MAT […]

DfE refuses to release pupil nationality data agreement

The government has refused to release a new agreement that prevents the Department for Education from passing pupil nationality and country of birth data to the Home Office. The Department for Education (DfE) told Schools Week that an old agreement that allowed the Home Office to access certain information from the national pupil database had […]

Justine Greening announces primary assessment changes

Justine Greening has just announced a series of changes to primary assessment in a statement to Parliament. Here is what we know…   1. The government will not impose maths and reading resits on children’s arrival in year 7 The government has said it will instead focus on the steps needed to ensure a child […]