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Head of Honywood school says building of temporary structure is a near miracle after crisis it faced“Three and a half weeks ago, there was nothing here,” said James Saunders, the headteacher of Honywood school, looking with pride – and disbelief – at t…
‘Maths is the language of the universe’ says shadow education secretary, promising ‘real world’ numeracy lessonsLabour says it will replace Rishi Sunak’s demand for compulsory maths classes until 18 with improved maths teaching for younger children and…
Labour leader’s pledge for English primaries as part of a wider dental plan labelled ‘window dressing’ by union chiefSchool leaders have accused Labour of “window dressing” after Keir Starmer pledged to introduce supervised toothbrushing for young chil…
Unesco analysis shows that sub-Saharan Africa accounts for a third of the shortfall, but that Europe and North America are lacking tooThe world needs 44 million more teachers if education is to be provided to every child, according to new figures from …
In today’s newsletter: The education minister has pitched a policy that is popular with many parents, but teachers and education experts say it’s a distraction from more pressing issues facing pupils• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Editio…
Specialists critical of official policy claim secret files are being kept on them by the Department for EducationIt was a Tuesday night in March, two days before Ruth Swailes, an expert on early years education, was due to travel to Manchester to speak…
Rachel de Souza says long-delayed guidance should be issued as soon as possible as teachers and families want claritySchools and teachers urgently need ministers to publish long-delayed transgender guidance to ensure that pupils are treated with consis…
Analysis shows that since the pandemic those living in poverty were 3.7 times more likely to be sent home than other pupilsIncreasing numbers of children from poor backgrounds are being suspended from schools in England since the pandemic, according to…
Figures show government is well short of 26,360 target amid crisis in teacher recruitment and retentionOnly half of the required number of trainee secondary school teachers in England have been recruited as the academic year gets under way, analysis sh…
Leader of a secondary school in Essex warns upheaval could have similar negative impact to that caused by Covid lockdownsA headteacher whose 830 pupils must learn semi-remotely for at least a term because of the schools concrete crisis has warned that …