Sir Michael Wilshaw’s report praises under-11 education, but warns that more needs to be done to address the growing north/south divide at secondary level.
The chairs of five Parliamentary Select Committees have written to the Secretary of State for Education, Justine Greening to call for Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PHSE) and Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) to be made a statutory subject in schools.
Overall growth in primary school academisation in 2016 has exceeded secondary growth for the first time, according to research from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER).
As of August 2015, 24 per cent of sponsored academies received an inadequate inspection or were below the floor standard in the first two years after opening.
The Women and Equalities Committee has criticised the government for not doing enough to tackle the issue of sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools.
The NAHT is calling on MPs to support the addition of a new clause in the Digital Economy Bill, which would enable local councils to share benefit data and allow for auto-registration of free school means
Department for Education figures show 31 per cent of under-fives were not achieving good levels of development in fields such as communication and language, maths and social skills.
Accelerating the growth of multi-academy trusts (MATs) ‘is key to driving up standards’ in the North, according to an independent review commissioned by the government.
