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Ministers aim to export London’s academic success to England’s struggling schools

Exclusive: Bridget Phillipson says Rise scheme will use techniques from Blair government’s London Challenge

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2025

Labour wants to create opportunities for all. Can its education pledges narrow the divide?

Lack of funds is a big issue in state schools, with experts wanting Labour to be bolder with its spending plans

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024

Former Tory minister says government has presided over 15 years of wage stagnation

Matt Warman said at an event in February there were now two ‘catch-up generations’

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024

Ex-schools tsar blames Tories for north-south exam divide

Sir Kevan Collins says government failure to back his £15bn post-Covid catch-up plan caused the stark disparity in this year’s English GCSE results

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2023

The Observer view on GCSE results: this widening gap will blight children’s lives

The growing discrepancies in attainment could have been avoided if ministers had invested sufficient time, energy and money in education

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2023

The Guardian view on the pandemic’s educational impact: make good learning losses

Editorial: Increasing numbers of primary-age pupils are missing targets. Nurseries as well as schools need resources to catch up

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022

Ex-tsar angry at neglect of pupils in England left behind in pandemic

Sir Kevan Collins says recovery plan may end up little more than ‘a few kids in the corner doing a bit of tutoring’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2022