education
Tory architect of GCSEs says Government review should scrap the qualification
Lord Baker of Dorking told peers: ‘I invented it and I now want to scrap it.’
Warning over ‘worryingly hot’ classrooms as climate change worsens heatwaves
Research showed six out of seven schools had temperatures above a recommended maximum of 26C during a recent heatwave.
Government must reform system for children with educational needs, say councils
Local authorities said they are facing a financial ‘cliff edge’ driven by a sharp increase in demand for pupil support.
Youngest MP says Tory government’s response to pandemic ‘politicised’ him
Labour’s Sam Carling said the lack of support for schools and students during the Covid pandemic brought him to politics at the age of 22.
Bridget Phillipson announces ‘pause and review’ of planned cuts to BTec courses
Ms Phillipson said that education was ‘back at the forefront of national life’.
Starmer defends proposal to impose VAT on private schools
The Prime Minister argued that every parent has aspirations for their children no matter which school they go to.
VAT on private schools would put more pressure on state sector, Tory MP says
Ben Spencer, who has chosen to send his children to private school, branded the Labour Government’s proposal an ‘awful policy’.
Starmer sets out plan to ‘fire up’ UK skills and cut reliance on foreign labour
The Prime Minister said young people in the UK have been ‘let down’ by a lack of opportunity and a ‘fragmented and broken’ skills system.
Starmer sets out new skills body to reduce reliance on overseas workers
Ministers hope Skills England will train the homegrown workforce to meet the needs of the economy.
Fundraiser for Palestinian student’s ‘life-changing’ Belfast scholarship hits target in 24 hours
Ibrahim Aldalis applied for the Copti scholarship from war torn Gaza