Jun 5 2026 | News
DfE maintains it is on course to meet pledge of recruiting 6,500 additional teachers The latest school workforce statistics show that the number of teachers in state schools has reduced for the second consecutive year, driven by declining pupil numbers, especially in...
Jun 5 2026 | News
Low life satisfaction more strongly associated with school absence for girls than boys New research shows that lower life satisfaction among pupils in England is associated with higher school absences. The new study from the NFER, Understanding the relationship...
May 29 2026 | News
More than two thirds of primary teachers saw pupils in distress Teacher Tapp, the daily survey app for teachers, asked a number of questions around KS2 SATs this year, helping to give a picture of the impact on teachers and children. Teacher Tapp poses daily survey...
May 29 2026 | News
Education outcomes set to be increasingly impacted by extreme weather The half term break has coincided with record-breaking high temperatures for many parts of the country, including southern England. The record for the hottest recorded May temperature in the UK was...
May 22 2026 | News
Online harms are ‘severe and systemic’, committee warns The Education Select Committee has called for a statutory ban on social media for children, alongside urgent action to curb features it says are deliberately designed to drive excessive screen use among children...
