Schools
Stay updated on the latest developments in UK primary and secondary education. From classroom innovation to leadership changes, this section covers news, trends, and policies impacting schools across the country.
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Jun- 2025 -2 June
Lift Schools appoints Alastair Da Costa CBE as chair of trustees
Lift Schools has appointed Alastair Da Costa CBE as its new chair of trustees. Da Costa, a solicitor by profession, brings a “wealth” of experience as a chair, board member and senior executive in the legal and professional services, education, and not-for-profit sectors. He is currently the chair and pro-chancellor…
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May- 2025 -29 May
Cost of uniforms and transport barrier to attendance, CPAG finds
Some 16% of 11-to-18-year-olds in the UK said they have missed school at least once because they didn’t have something they needed to attend, such as correct uniforms, food money or transport, according to a new report from The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG). This percentage was shown to rise…
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28 May
DfE to roll out AI to track school attendance
The secretary of state for education, Bridget Phillipson, has revealed that the Open Innovation Team (OIT) will be providing support to the Department for Education in the form of AI tools for tracking school attendance. Schools and responsible bodies can now access the attendance reports tool via the View Your…
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27 May
DfE appoints builder for permanent Boxing Academy home
The Department for Education has appointed McLaren Construction to build the Boxing Academy, a 56-student secondary school in Clapton which will serve 12 to 16-year-olds who need an alternative to mainstream education. The new building, set to be complete in September 2026, relocates temporary facilities in Hackney to a nearby site. …
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21 May
VAT impact: 11,000 fewer pupils at independent schools, ICS says
The Independent School Council’s (ISC) annual census has revealed that there are 545,640 pupils at its 1,423 member schools, a reduction of nearly 11,000 or 2% compared with 2024, which it says highlights the impact of the 20% VAT charge on private education that came into force in January 2025.…
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21 May
Compass proposes merger with Eko Trust
The Compass Partnership of Schools has proposed a merger with Eko Trust in a move that would create a 25-school trust. The trust said that partnering with another “high-performing” academy trust would benefit over 9,000 pupils. Compass said it is proposing to join forces with Eko Trust so that “our schools…
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16 May
High-achieving pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds more likely to be criminalised, UCL finds
Academically high-achieving teenagers from the most deprived backgrounds in England are five times more likely to be arrested and cautioned or sentenced than their peers from the wealthiest backgrounds, new research by a UCL academic has found. Professor John Jerrim studied the social outcomes of state school pupils in the…
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15 May
London tops social mobility league amid ‘stark regional divide’
London has topped England’s social mobility league for children, after the top 20 constituencies with the best social mobility were found in the capital, according to a new report from The Sutton Trust.In its ‘Opportunity Index’ report published today (15 May), the education charity’s findings “underscore the stark regional divide…
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9 May
Cost of state school education up by £500 since 2022, research finds
UK parents must now pay at least £1,000 a year for a child at state primary school and nearly £2,300 a year for a child at secondary school, marking a rise of 16% and 30% respectively, new research has found.A new report from Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and the…
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