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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