Dr Muhammed Tahir Al Qadri, a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar, has suggested that muslims should take counter extremism lessons to help prevent radicalisation as a part of the national curriculum in schools.

Councils have voiced funding concerns after figures show secondary school applications have reached their highest level since 2009.

Data on the latest inspection results for English schools, published by Ofsted on 16 June 2015, shows that the proportion of schools rated good or outstanding is at its highest level on record.

Director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute John Hattie has warned that some of the UK government’s key education policies, such as performance related pay for teachers and increased academy conversion, are a “distraction” that will only have a “minimal” impact on student’s learning.

The Department for Education has announced that from September, GCSE subjects will  focus on Baccalaureate subjects. A new grading will also be introduced in  2017 which replaces the A to U system with a 9 to 1 scale.