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DfE study of 9,000 five- and six-year-olds reveals findings on behaviour, predicted outcomes and parent engagement
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Glasses in Classes scheme rolled out to boost literacy
Pilot scheme launched in Bradford to give pupils free glasses is now being rolled out to other Opportunity Area schools
A levels: ‘Make humanities and languages compulsory’
Students should study a humanities subject, a foreign language and maths until the end of their schooling, says report
Allow pupils to join climate protest, says commissioner
Children's commissioner urges education bosses not to penalise students for attending climate demonstrations
‘Medical, not political’: Whitty’s case for 12-15 jabs
Chris Whitty and Jonathan Van-Tam set out the case for the school Covid jab rollout under questioning from MPs
Lost school days could hit 12m without jab, says Whitty
Chief medical officer sets out disruption that Covid surge could cause in schools this winter without the 12-15 age group jabs
Pupils have ‘huge’ knowledge gap after Covid, hear MSPs
Assessment last year caused ‘stress and exhaustion’, with pupils 'crying regularly’, a Holyrood committee has been told
Ofsted to judge whether DfE’s Covid catch-up plans work
Watchdog tasked with carrying out independent reviews into government's plans for tutoring and teacher development
The cold, hard logic for increasing teacher pay
The spending review is a chance to increase teacher pay and finally address the recruitment challenges, says Jack Worth
GCSEs 2022: Reference test used to measure Covid impact
The National Reference 91¶¶Òõt will explore impact of the pandemic on learning but not yet clear if it will help shape 2022 exam grades
Vaccines minister criticises ‘intimidation’ of heads
Minister says threats being made against schools by anti-vaccine protesters are a 'very big issue'
Education Scotland: It’s easy to get reform wrong
​​​​​​​Head of national inspection and curriculum body earmarked for major change urges caution in reform process
Why academy growth is a priority for Zahawi
The deputy CEO of the Confederation of School Trusts outlines why the new education secretary should focus on academies
State and private sector attainment gap fell in 2020
Gap in Higher pass rate between private and state schools went down to single figures in 2020 but increased slightly in 2021
More than 100,000 pupils off school due to Covid
New figures show a fall in year-on-year absence after changes to Covid self-isolation rules in schools
Schools’ ‘urgent’ need for Covid catch-up cash boost
Children's commissioner says all pupils should be offered voluntary catch-up sessions during school week
Covid catch-up voucher plan ‘completely impractical’
School leaders question Liberal Democrat idea to give £5 billion worth of Covid catch-up vouchers directly to parents
Ignore ‘siren’ calls to abolish GCSEs, Gibb tells DfE
Former schools minister says it would a 'tragedy' to abandon government reforms on curriculum or teacher training
Covid: Two-thirds of poorer pupils ‘have fallen behind’
Growing mental health crisis among children must be addressed if education gap is to be closed, charity warns
New Ofqual chief vows to act in pupils’ best interests
Jo Saxton, the new Ofqual chief regulator, says students will be at the 'heart of every decision we make'
Covid: Rates ‘soaring’ where schools returned earlier
Virus has 'really accelerated' in pupils in Leicestershire, where autumn term started earlier than average, experts say
Reshuffle: Who are the new team at the top of the DfE?
Boris Johnson has made sweeping changes at the Department for Education this week. So who are the new people in charge?
Number of pupils off school because of Covid falls
But the daily school attendance rate in Scotland remains some way off pre-Covid annual norms
GCSEs 2022: Non-white authors on exam syllabus doubled
Move means A level study can include Bernardine Evaristo's Booker prize winning novel Girl, Woman, Other at A level from September
Why now is the time for the DfE to prove its worth
After almost two years of chaos, confusion and distrust, the DfE has an opportunity to start afresh, says Geoff Barton