The Education Secretary has appointed Sir David Holmes as the new Chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.

Angi Gibson, who takes over as the NAHT’s president from September, will demand action for children in the face of a crisis in education, at the union's annual conference in Harrogate.

A second Ofqual consultation follows collaborative work over the last 18 months to ensure the new qualification will be high quality.

The Ofqual Strategy 2025 to 2028 sets out the organisation’s approach as a guardian of the qualifications system, driving economic growth and protecting the value of qualifications that students take.

Despite the government's pledge, secondary schools and further education colleges face a challenge in securing enough teachers to support growing student numbers.

Nearly two-thirds (65%) of school leaders say their mental health has been harmed in the previous 12 months, with some being forced to leave the profession, according to findings from a NAHT survey.

Smiling teacher in high school lesson

A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) has found a substantial gap in teacher experience in schools with the most and least disadvantaged pupils. 

Schoolchildren

The government’s Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) teams are expanding from the initial 32 schools to 200, which will benefit more than 120,000 children.

The Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza is calling on the government to introduce a total ban on apps that use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to generate sexually explicit ‘deepfake’ images of children.

School uniform

The government cut to school uniform prices will benefit over four million children, according to new analysis by the government that says the measure will save families around £73 million each year.

The Department for Education (DfE) has announced a 3p free school meals funding rise for academic year 2025 to 2026, which critics say is disappointing for failing to keep pace with inflation.

The latest Teacher Recruitment and Retention Report has found that the number of adverts for secondary school teachers in 2024-25 has decreased by 31 per cent compared with 2023-24.

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