‘Inconsistency’ fears after REF retreat on environment metrics. More from @timeshighered.bsky.social buff.ly/wgv7co8 #education #educationnews

More than 100 private schools forced to close ‘due to VAT on fees’, according to @isc-schools.bsky.social More from @the-independent.com buff.ly/72PhC27 #education #educationnews

UK university degree no longer ‘passport to social mobility’, says King's College London vice-chancellor. More from @theguardian.com @richada.bsky.social buff.ly/kkA2pB5 #education #educationnews

Home Counties most affected by VAT on private school fees - @financialtimes.com Few English local authorities report a rise in state school pupil numbers with a corresponding fall in private enrolment in 2024-25. buff.ly/fWaaTQu #education #educationnews

Parents’ groups vow to fight plans to curb SEND support rights. More from @thetimes.com @kendix.bsky.social Https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/parents-groups-fight-send-support-rights-bc7qhsnkl?gaa_at=eafs #education #educationnews

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PLMR is proud to have sponsored the L.E.A.D. Academy Trust Christmas Meal Campaign 2025, helping to bring festive cheer to hundreds of pupils across their 27 schools. www.leadacademytrust.co.uk/news/hundred...

Colleges in limbo amid ‘two-year wait’ for degree-awarding powers. More from @timeshighered.bsky.social @helenpacker.bsky.social buff.ly/xUyKDkQ #education #educationnews

Huge rise in parent complaints driven by AI, headteachers warn. More from @schoolsweek.bsky.social @ruthlucas.bsky.social buff.ly/4eNz55b #education #educationnews

Schools lack resources to keep pupils with SEND – Ofsted. Report reveals inconsistent support for pupils with SEND who are out of school and at risk of leaving. More from @schoolsweek.bsky.social @lydiach.bsky.social buff.ly/zopO9e0 #education #educationnews

On-screen assessment unlikely until 2030s, says exams chief. Ofqual announces proposals for on-screen assessment – but says digital exams unlikely in most popular subjects for ‘foreseeable future’. More from @tesmagazine.bsky.social @cerysturner.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new... #education

The Sutton Life Centre is one of several partnerships between colleges and external partners, where SEND learners are prepared to access education, and to build a future beyond it. More from @feweek.bsky.social @jessjanehill.bsky.social buff.ly/Jne4HzJ #ThePowerOfSpecialistFE @natspec.bsky.social

Ministers promise 50,000 new apprenticeships in bid to tackle youth unemployment. PM says he wants to see apprenticeships treated with the same respect as degree courses. More from @the-independent.com @cjmckeon.bsky.social buff.ly/CPTbfmm #education #educationnews

Officials hesitate over V Level licence model. DfE is also seeking views on whether the new qualification should be ‘small’ or ‘medium’ sized. More from @feweek.bsky.social @joshmellorfeweek.bsky.social buff.ly/bk4JLbc #education #educationnews

Ministers face calls to explain how £6bn SEND 'funding hole' will be paid for. Bridget Phillipson tells MPs SEND costs in England will not fall on core schools funding but on government budget. More from @theguardian.com @richada.bsky.social buff.ly/UJ31hLL #education

White paper asks colleges to do more with less, says @theifs.bsky.social Skills reforms 'do not add up to a coherent strategy', think tank also warns. More from @feweek.bsky.social @ukshane.bsky.social buff.ly/6rjCgUW #education #educationnews

Prime Minister and Education Secretary visit Welland Academy (part of Greenwood Academies Trust) to mark free school meal expansion. buff.ly/yU3bQWh #education #educationnews

Businesses claim offering school children work experience is ‘too time consuming’. @careerent.bsky.social calls on schools and employers to sign up to its new approach to work experience. More from @the-independent.com @jasminenorden.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/news/busines... #education

Why do teachers get such a bad deal on maternity pay? With women making up the vast majority of the workforce, could better maternity leave pay help tackle the teacher retention crisis? More from @tesmagazine.bsky.social @cerysturner.bsky.social buff.ly/dwjoOHF #education #educationnews

PM says special educational needs ‘raised with me more than any other issue’ Sir Keir Starmer made his comments during a visit to a school breakfast club in Reading. Full story from @the-independent.com @jasminenorden.bsky.social buff.ly/cmlqT5Q #education #educationnews

Almost one million young people still not in work or education, figures show Almost a million young people are still out of work, education or training, new data suggests. Full story from BBC News buff.ly/uEetgoo #education #educationnews

First post-Covid increase in mature students ‘sign of sluggish UK economy’. More from @timeshighered.bsky.social @patrickjack.bsky.social buff.ly/X0ZjJPo #education #educationnews

Budget 2025: What schools need from Rachel Reeves, according to @michaelsgreen.bsky.social in @tesmagazine.bsky.social buff.ly/NiAS4Uh #education #educationnews

Levy on international students’ tuition fees not in best interest of UK, says @duncanivison.bsky.social, president and VC of @manchester.ac.uk More from @theguardian.com bit.ly/4r1save #education #educationnews

Universities fear being left out of NHS workforce plans. Medical training organisations write to health secretary Wes Streeting as call for evidence takes ‘narrow focus’. More from @timeshighered.bsky.social buff.ly/VtADLM3 #education #educationnews

DfE announces three new deputy FE commissioners More from @feweek.bsky.social @annieiseating.bsky.social buff.ly/Y62cFgb #education #educationnews

Analysis of 2025-26 attendance rates so far shows absence levels remain 'stubbornly high' compared with figures from the same time last year. More from @tesmagazine.bsky.social @johngroberts.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new... #education #educationnews

International fee levy ‘likely’ in Scotland after 2026 election. More from @timeshighered.bsky.social @helenpacker.bsky.social buff.ly/A35823j #education #educationnews

Statutory Prevent duty led to ‘over-reporting’ of referrals in colleges, review finds. More from @feweek.bsky.social @annieiseating.bsky.social buff.ly/yQbbEJH #education #educationnews

Schools at ‘breaking point’ over SEND pressure as admission gap grows. @thenfer.bsky.social investigated the characteristics behind "high-SEND" schools - @samanthajbooth.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social breaks down the report's key findings. buff.ly/7wX92vk #education #educationnews

Phillipson urged by Education Select Committee chair @helenhayes.bsky.social to outline how DfE will ‘co-create’ SEND reforms. More from @tesmagazine.bsky.social @johngroberts.bsky.social buff.ly/ckDlYax #education #educationnews

Degree apprenticeships less accessible to disadvantaged young people than Russell Group unis. Research reignites warnings that the route risks becoming 'another middle-class preserve'. More from @feweek.bsky.social @billycamden.bsky.social buff.ly/PfKgGqU #education #educationnews

Government school readiness target ‘risky’, say experts. Experts fear an over-focus on those 'closest to the line' as ministers impose 75% school readiness aim. More from @schoolsweek.bsky.social @ruthlucas.bsky.social buff.ly/9Muj3jf #education #educationnews

DfE sets AI-powered attendance targets for schools. Headteachers’ leaders dismiss new targets as a ‘Whitehall diktat’ that will be an extra burden on staff. More from @tesmagazine.bsky.social @cerysturner.bsky.social buff.ly/HFDTS3u #education #educationnews

DfE sets out apprenticeship intervention rules for new Ofsted regime. More from @feweek.bsky.social @ukshane.bsky.social buff.ly/OgGnjKp #education #educationnews

Critics claiming the curriculum review ‘dumbs down’ Gove's education reforms are way off the mark, says Sir Hamid Patel, CEO of @staracademies.org in @schoolsweek.bsky.social buff.ly/Iipbedh #education #educationnews

Number of unfilled primary school places in England hits record high. @instituteforgovernment.org.uk report shows London has been disproportionately affected by drop in pupil numbers. More from @financialtimes.com @laurahughesft.bsky.social @amyborrett.ft.com buff.ly/EBtRgsk #educationnews

New university specialising in dentistry being considered as part of Weymouth's regeneration. More from BBC News buff.ly/BByTsJA #education #educationnews

'How we reached our curriculum recommendations' - @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Interview exclusive with curriculum and assessment review lead from @tesmagazine.bsky.social

Curriculum review: All the key policy recommendations, outlined by @schoolsweek.bsky.social @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social, including scrapping EBacc, introducing year 8 tests in English and maths and cutting 10% from GCSE exam time. buff.ly/RIeyk5n #education #educationnews

Multi-year pay recommendation: all you need to know from @tesmagazine.bsky.social @cerysturner.bsky.social The government has proposed that teachers get a 6.5 per cent pay award over the next three years. buff.ly/T1jbLON #education #educationnews

Science GCSEs to get biggest overhaul in more than a decade - all schools must teach each science separately, as part of government review into the curriculum to boost social mobility. More from @thetimes.com @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social buff.ly/eeG1A8m #education #educationnews

Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests. More from @theguardian.com @pippacrerar.bsky.social buff.ly/16oAMKd #education #educationnews

UKRI’s annual budget to hit nearly £10 billion by end of decade. Four-year allocation confirmed by science department as it signals new approach to funding research. More from @timeshighered.bsky.social buff.ly/ZbnkWpT #education #educationnews

DfE suggests 6.5% teacher pay rise – but over 3 years. Department publishes its evidence to the School Teachers' Review Body. More from @schoolsweek.bsky.social @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social buff.ly/NSlql9J #education #educationnews

SEND: Home-to-school transport overspend hits £415m NAO calls on government to tackle ‘unsustainable’ costs as almost half of LAs report annual overspends of at least 20% on getting pupils to school. More from @tesmagazine.bsky.social

Are Britain and the US losing their allure to top international talent? More from @financialtimes.com buff.ly/zgKTwx4 #education #educationnews

Estates strategy ‘very soon’: 6 findings from Education Select Committee session with Minister for Children,Josh MacAlister. More from @schoolsweek.bsky.social @jackydys.bsky.social buff.ly/KHFStj4 #education #educationnews

Schools minister @georgiagould.bsky.social rejects call to allow term-time holidays. More from @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new... #education #educationnews

All schools in England with removal grants to be Raac-free by 2029, says Education Secretary. More from @theguardian.com theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... #education #educationnews