The gap between the number of pupils who attended independent schools going to University compared with their state school peers has widened, according to government figures.

The government’s flagship school reforms programme of encouraging academy conversion and the opening of new free schools could act to widen educational inequality across the country, according to new analysis.

The money schools are spending on advertising job vacancies has risen by 61 per cent since 2010, according to figures obtained by the Labour Party.

More than 100 Conservative Party MPs are expected to call for the ban on new grammar schools to be scrapped, according to a report from the Telegraph.

New Education Secretary Justine Greening has said that the government should be ‘open minded’ about the opening of new grammar schools in England.

Nicky Morgan has confirmed that she has lost her position as Education Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities.

A third of referrals made under the government’s ‘Prevent’ counter terrorism strategy came from the education sector in 2015, according to figures released by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC).