Hackney Council’s Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Commission has released a report into unregistered educational settings, calling on the government to strengthen legislation to ensure children in unregistered ‘schools’ are safe.
A Centre of Excellence for Literacy Teaching has been announced by education secretary Justine Greening to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds master the basics of reading in primary school.
A scheme to encourage the best experienced professionals to swap the boardroom for the classroom is to be backed by government funding to expand into Hastings.
As part of measures to crack down on knife crime, London’s mayor Sadiq Khan is urging schools across the capital to take up his offer of using a knife detection wand.