Policy
The latest news, analysis and advice on government policy and legislation. Find a breakdown of new documentation, case studies from leaders and comment from high-profile educators
Thursday
20th Jul 2023
GCSEs 2023: Prepare for lower results, Keegan tells teachers
The education secretary also expressed a ‘huge thank you’ to school leaders and staff for their work during ‘a challenging year’ due to strikes and the cost-of-living crisis
Keegan: School gender guidance ‘may take longer’
Education secretary confirms government plan to require schools to get parental consent for pupils to identify as a different gender
Girls and gangs: How schools can spot and stop the dangers
A new report revealing a worrying rise in girls being exploited by criminal gangs highlights how schools – with adequate funding and external support – can play a key role in saving pupils from danger, explains Anne Longfield
10 questions with...Benedick Ashmore-Short
The chief executive of The Park Academies Trust talks to 91¶¶Òõ about his ballet background, Eminem and nearly becoming a Blue Peter presenter
Wednesday
19th Jul 2023
Schools to be measured on girls’ access to PE
Mandatory equality criteria to be phased into awards scheme will recognise schools for improving PE access for girls and encouraging physical activity
NPQ take-up still far off 150,000 government target
At the end of the second year in a three-year target, the DfE has recorded just 63,454 funded National Professional Qualification course starts
MAT leaders warn DfE over ‘mass consolidation agenda’
Multi-academy trust bosses share concerns with the department’s Regions Group chief as he sets out how new academisation decision-making process will work
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General election: ‘Burning need’ to prioritise schools
Competing demands for funds mean there is a ‘genuine risk’ that education will lose out in the next general election, says think tank
Tuesday
18th Jul 2023
Pepe Di’Iasio nominated for ASCL general secretary
Outgoing general secretary Geoff Barton says ‘time is right for a new leader with a fresh approach’
Do Labour’s education policies meet heads’ needs?
Headteachers’ Roundtable chair Caroline Derbyshire examines how Labour’s education proposals stack up against the group’s own policy wish list
Monday
17th Jul 2023
6 things education ministers were grilled on today
Ministers faced questions in Parliament today over teacher pay, standards in primary schools, gender identity and registers for children who are not in school
Review of the year: what happened in schools in 2022-23
We take you through 91¶¶Òõ’ biggest stories, most important analyses and most read teaching and learning articles of the past academic year