Nov 23 2025 | News
The government has announced an increase in the level of funding for free breakfast clubs in schools, as it launched the next application window for schools to join the programme. The per child funding rate for mainstream schools will rise to £1 (up from 60p). Schools...
Nov 16 2025 | News
New analysis by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has highlighted the uneven distribution of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) across mainstream schools in England. The NFER report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation,...
Nov 9 2025 | News
The Curriculum and Assessment Review received a broadly positive reception from across the education sector when it was published last week. The review, carried out by Professor Becky Francis, was welcomed by the government who have now pledged to implement some of...
Nov 2 2025 | News
The education secretary has pledged that every child in England will be learning in classrooms free of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) by the end of this parliament. Bridget Phillipson said that she wanted to see the concrete, which...
Oct 19 2025 | News
Children with special educational needs from low-income families are facing major inequalities in access to support, according to new research by the Sutton Trust. The charity is warning of the ‘double disadvantage’ for children with SEND from poorer families, who are...
Oct 12 2025 | News
There has been a drop in phonics attainment levels for both disadvantaged pupils, and those with SEND, according to new government figures. The latest results from the phonics screening check show 67 per cent of disadvantaged pupils who took the test for the first...
