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In today’s newsletter: Unsafe buildings and a teacher exodus are only some of the challenges facing schools this year• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning! And commiserations to any young readers and teachers who have had t…
Almost three-quarters of school staff polled have seen a rise in hygiene poverty and expect to see moreMore children are expected to arrive at school this term with unclean clothes, unwashed hair and unbrushed teeth, according to teachers who have obse…
Chef’s comments come as state-funded primary schools in London roll them out to all pupilsJamie Oliver has called for free school meals to be extended across England after their universal rollout in London state-funded primary schools for the new acade…
Chancellor had pledged to ‘spend what ever it takes’ on concrete crisis but repair costs will come from existing education budgetJeremy Hunt has been accused of abandoning children disrupted by the concrete crisis in schools after the government admitt…
Chancellor says asbestos in some of same buildings could complicate efforts to fix Raac problem in EnglandJeremy Hunt has promised to “spend what it takes” to deal with the crumbling concrete crisis, as he admitted ministers were also responding to fea…
Analysis shows that number of cases upheld has soared by 60%, with some children left without a school placement for over a yearConcern is growing over provision for children with special educational needs after new figures revealed that a record numbe…
The shadow education secretary shattered the ‘class barrier’ of a tough upbringing to achieve her position. Now she wants others to do the sameIt is a Friday, a day of train strikes, so Bridget Phillipson cannot easily get back to her Houghton and Sund…
Party to use parliamentary mechanism to force reveal of English schools affected by concrete safety crisisLabour plans to force a vote to compel the government to reveal the full list of schools affected by the Raac building safety crisis.It comes amid…
Senior civil servant says ‘many alerts’ crossed education secretary’s desk, but UK government was more concerned with saving moneyA senior civil service whistleblower has told the Observer that Tory ministers and their political advisers were “dangerou…
For too long ministers were content to ignore the evidence‘A near miss” is how the Standing Committee on Structural Safety (SCOSS) described the partial collapse of a roof at a primary school in Kent in 2018. The collapse happened at a weekend, when th…