Sep 4 2026 | News
The percentage of secondary pupils who have been internally excluded has increased by 160 per cent in three years, according to data from one of the major management information systems used by schools in England. Schools record an internal exclusion when a pupil is...
Sep 4 2026 | News
Teachers who feel their teaching has improved are more enthusiastic about returning to school for the new academic year, according to questions asked by Teacher Tapp ahead of the start of term. Teachers who feel they are a ‘much better’ teacher now than they were last...
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...
