Policy
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Thursday
18th Jul 2024
Weekly round-up: Labour sets out its plans for schools
This week’s 91 round-up includes Labour announcing a raft of education plans in the King’s Speech and calls for an overhaul of the exams system
250,000 more pupils in education by 2028 than expected
New DfE projections on the decline in the pupil population offer some hope to schools worried about the impact on their funding. But where did these extra children come from?
Could Gen Z solve the teacher supply shortage?
Today’s school leavers may be more inclined to pursue teaching than the previous generation, research shows – so the government has a chance at solving staff shortages, says NFER’s Dawson McLean
Wednesday
17th Jul 2024
Phillipson to lead child poverty taskforce
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson, who will jointly lead a new government taskforce, says living in poverty leaves children ‘not ready to learn’
King’s Speech 2024: what schools need to know
The new Labour government has set out its plans for schools in a Children’s Wellbeing Bill announced in the King’s Speech at the state opening of Parliament
AP facing staff funding cliff edge, Phillipson warned
Alternative provision leaders call for more funding and action on unregulated provision in open letter to education secretary
Exclusive
How understanding teacher impact can solve retention woes
The chief executive of the National Institute of Teaching explains why a project to better understand which professional development skills have the biggest classroom impact is needed now more than ever