Jul 17 2026 | News
Dame Christine Gilbert to lead review into causes of delay The delayed results of this year’s Key Stage 2 national curriculum assessments (SATs) have been released, and show a slight improvement on last year. 63 per cent of pupils met the expected standard in reading,...
Jul 17 2026 | News
EPI says achieving target of halving the gap will require ‘laser-like focus’ The Education Policy Institute (EPI) have used their annual report to set out new analysis of the disadvantage gap in England, which it says poses an ‘early challenge’ to the incoming Prime...
Jul 10 2026 | News
Vast majority of leaders want primary school assessments scrapped or reformed New research suggests that Key Stage 2 SATs are not serving disadvantaged pupils well, with fewer than a tenth of primary school leaders saying they would keep SATs as they are if given the...
Jul 10 2026 | News
First area for improvement will be maternity pay In a move which should see the establishment of universal minimum pay and conditions for school support staff, the government has confirmed that it will set up the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB). Having...
Jul 3 2026 | News
Schools face race against time to apply for SATs marking reviews Pearson have apologised ‘unreservedly’ after announcing that the results of this years Keys Stage 2 SATs will be delayed by nine days. The results had been due on July 7, but will now be delivered on...
