Access to better schools is more dependent on one’s finances than it was when we still needed ration books.
Work is under way in Bedfordshire to ensure a common local framework on absenteeism which is to include engagement with the child.
We must abandon the absurd, reductive notion that only STEM subjects are useful to young people in the modern world.
From early years and ‘ghost children’ to skills and tuition, what ministers should tackle next.
My Conservative predecessors have made possible to achieve the best education system in the world.
Uniform status and mandatory hours seem like a step away from the animating spirit of free schools.
We have shining examples of many good schools showing the results from this approach, such as Michaela.
The Education Secretary says the “mental strain on young people” was terrible and is determined it “must never happen again”.
With half of children not ready to start school in 2021, more must be done to help toddlers’ parents.
Our new book draws on a vast breadth of experience to make more than 40 recommendations for reform.
Policy-makers should explore they should explore how to utilise such sponsors as philanthropists, businesses and charities.
The critics of phonics rely on cherry-picking and flawed studies. We guess when we don’t know. It doesn’t work. To become literate, children need to know.
Not even the best reforming Minister I’ve ever seen can smooth out disagreements between the Treasury and Downing Street.
The Education Secretary will have powers to decide key details later, without parliamentary oversight – such as sharing children’s sensitive personal data.