Jan 30 2026 | News
The government is set to encourage schools to make greater use of internal suspensions, via new behaviour guidance. Under the planned guidance, which will likely be included in the upcoming schools white paper, schools will be encouraged to only send pupils home for...
Jan 23 2026 | News
The publication of an annual survey has again seen an increase in the proportion of children who are not considered ‘school ready’. The School Readiness Survey, conducted for the sixth year by the early years charity Kindred Squared, surveyed over 1000 teachers and...
Jan 23 2026 | News
An AI pilot programme is to be expanded, as the government announced a range of measures aimed at boosting the effective use of AI and technology in education. Speaking earlier this week to delegates at the Bett Show – an EdTech conference – education secretary...
Jan 16 2026 | News
A major teaching union has called for the government to ban access to social media platforms for children and young people under 16, to ‘prevent further damage to mental health and improve concentration and learning in school’. A meeting of the NASUWT’s national...
Jan 16 2026 | News
The government has announced £200million of funding for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) training, which it says will be available to ‘all teaching staff’. The SEND code of practice will also be updated with an expectation that all staff in ‘every...
