YOU WONT BELIEVE: 6 | Mind Blowing Facts

Special educational needs bill in England hits record £10bn a year

National Audit Office report finds no signs of improvement in lives of pupils despite record spending

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2024

Private faith schools in UK lobby for VAT exemption on fees under £7,690

Group says government policy would force many to close and leave deeply religious families with no alternatives

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2024

‘We nicknamed it Eddy’: what do schools and teachers think of AI in classrooms?

It’s almost two years since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022. Since then, educators worldwide have been grappling with what generative artificial intelligence might mean for classrooms and learning.

The Conversation · Sep 26, 2024

JK Rowling attacks new women’s minister over gender comments

Harry Potter author called past comments made by Anneliese Dodds on gender ‘nonsensical’

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2024

Give us back our funding or we can't recruit teachers, charity tells government

Successful charity being supported by rich benefactors after it loses government funding amid teacher recruitment crisis

Evening Standard · Jun 11, 2024

'Back to the classroom' for children minister David Johnston for not knowing child allowance figure

He struggled to answer a question over child allowance rates in media interviews to promote Tory plans to extend the child benefit system

Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2024

School suspensions are on the rise – secondary schools can tackle this by creating a sense of belonging

The latest figures released by Department for Education show a stark rise in rates of school suspension, where a child is not allowed to attend the school for a set time, typically on disciplinary grounds. Suspensions are up 31% in spring 2022-23 from the same period the previous year.

The Conversation · May 30, 2024

Overseas schools given ‘British’ accreditation despite anti-equality curriculum

UK government allows British private schools in countries like UAE to use BSO kitemark while not teaching about same-sex relationships

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2024

London Catholic school hits back after being called 'socially segregated'

Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School says it has been ‘mischaracterised’ by Humanist group

Evening Standard · May 21, 2024

Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents

‘Heavy-handed’ crackdown ignores underlying reasons for failure to attend classes, say critics

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2024