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Apr- 2025 -4 April
TKAT names Russell Hobby CBE as new CEO
The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT) has announced that Russell Hobby CBE has been appointed as its new CEO with effect from 1 September 2025. He succeeds Dr Karen Roberts, who has been CEO of the trust since September 2013. Hobby is an “experienced leader” in the field of education, having been…
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4 April
Schools face students’ mental health crisis, new data says
Schools are facing an escalating crisis in student mental health post-pandemic, new research has shown. According to the Lumii.me wellbeing platform, nearly three children in the average UK classroom are experiencing daily emotional distress. Due to the rapid rise in these challenges many schools are not equipped to handle this…
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4 April
Starmer names Oli de Botton as expert adviser on education
The PM’s office has announced that Keir Starmer has appointed Oli de Botton as its “expert adviser” on education and skills, effective from Tuesday 22 April. Following his appointment, de Botton will step down from his chief executive position of the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC). His deputy at the…
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3 April
Female teachers in Scottish schools face ‘more frequent’ violence and abuse
Female teachers in Scotland are more likely to be physically attacked by pupils than their male colleagues and to experience such abuse more frequently, according to research from NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union. Data from the union’s recent Behaviour in Schools survey shows that nearly half (49%) of female teachers in Scotland…
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3 April
Young people in England have ‘weaker’ socio-emotional skills, NFER finds
A new report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has found that the socio-emotional skills of young people aged 15/16 in England are “significantly weaker” than their peers in comparator countries.The NFER warned that if left unaddressed, these weaknesses could have consequences for young people’s future employability. The…
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3 April
Careers guidance for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds varies, Ofsted finds
Careers guidance for post-16 students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds can vary in quality, a new report from Ofsted has found. Ofsted was commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) to carry out a study on the quality of careers guidance that students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds receive from further education…
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3 April
UPP Foundation launches inquiry into widening uni participation gap
The UPP Foundation has launched an inquiry into the future of widening participation in higher education, after its new poll found “significant” regional disparities between teachers’ expectations of how many young people will attend university. Some 75% of teachers in London expect at least half of their class to progress…
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2 April
Council signs food purchasing pledge with school catering partner
Barking and Dagenham Council has officially launched its ‘Good Food Action Plan’ today (2 April), and also signed up to the London Food Purchasing Commitment alongside school catering partner BD Together. Today’s launch event has set out how the council aims to improve access to healthy, sustainable food for its…
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2 April
Gov to deliver 300 school-based nurseries from September
The Government has pledged to deliver the first wave of 300 school-based nurseries from September, in a move that will help hundreds of families access childcare. The rollout of 30 government-funded hours of childcare will save parents up to £7,500 on average, while £450 per year will be saved through…
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1 April
SDLP urges ministers to listen to teachers’ concerns
The Social Democratic and Labour Party’s spokesperson for education, Cara Hunter MLA, has urged that the concerns of teachers must be listened to by the education minister, employers and executives. The deputy mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council’s comment comes after teaching unions rejected a 5.5% pay offer. …
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