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  • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    College leaders in England sound alarm on T-levels

    Concerns raised over implementation as other vocational qualifications are defunded

  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    MyBnk calls for 30 hours a year of financial education in UK schools

    Only two-fifths of young people are deemed financially literate, says charity

  • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
    UK Covid catch-up scheme at risk over poor funding, say education groups

    Headteachers’ union warns National Tutoring Programme will ‘die’ if ministers push ahead with cut in lessons subsidy

  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Hopes of resolution in NHS dispute in England as GMB accepts pay offer

    But teaching unions announce plans for fresh classroom strike ballots as public sector disputes continue

  • Saturday, 22 April, 2023
    Lucy Kellaway
    Forcing maths on teenagers is cruel and counterproductive

    Rishi Sunak would be better focusing on primary schools than making students study the subject to age 18

  • Friday, 21 April, 2023
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    Charity warns of UK maths gender gap

    Women express less confidence than men in National Numeracy survey

  • Monday, 17 April, 2023
    Education leaders accuse Sunak of failure to deliver on maths pledge

    Headteachers criticise ‘vague’ detail around government’s flagship numeracy push

  • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
    Jemima Kelly
    In defence of Oxbridge

    Do we really want to turn getting a good education into something that people should feel embarrassed about?

  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    UK Treasury to provide extra funding for NHS pay deal

    Hope that any resolution may aid other public sector settlements, but schools dispute still acrimonious

  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    Lucy Kellaway
    Sweep away Ofsted grading and allow teachers to teach

    On joining the profession I was taught to fear the inspector’s call — it destroys morale and inhibits recruitment to fill shortages

  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    News in-depth
    Teachers in England demand ‘healthy and fair’ inspection system

    Unions and school heads call for Ofsted to scrap ‘harsh’ rating system and value personal wellbeing in wake of Ruth Perry’s suicide

  • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
    Education
    International schools shift to new markets after China boom stalls

    Countries such as India, Nigeria and Japan lure global education providers and prestigious UK institutions

  • Friday, 24 February, 2023
    Bank bonuses
    How does your 2023 bonus measure up?

    FT poll shows more readers are stashing any bonus cash rather than splashing it on luxuries

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    UK public services
    UK public services need more cash to arrest further decline, says damning report

    Situation will be even harder for whoever wins next election, finds Institute for Government

  • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    Britain’s schools fail legal requirement to teach money matters

    Two-fifths of teachers do not know financial literacy is compulsory in secondary education

  • Friday, 10 February, 2023
    ReviewTelevision
    Sobering drama Consent shows how schoolboy banter can turn violent

    Channel 4’s ‘factual drama’ draws on real data to paint a worrying picture of sexual misconduct in UK schools

  • Friday, 3 February, 2023
    Lucy Heller
    Teachers’ strike lays bare the heartbreaking plight of schools

    When disadvantaged pupils fall behind, the untapped potential is not just a moral disaster but an economic one too

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    UK braced for biggest strike day since 2011 as ministers resist pay rises

    Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers set to walk out on Wednesday in co-ordinated action

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    News in-depth
    Teachers’ strike exposes deficiencies in Britain’s education system

    Achievement, attendance and recruitment levels fail to recover from Covid’s battering

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    UK braced for biggest day of strikes this winter

    Workers from rail, teaching and university sectors to walk out on February 1 in co-ordinated action over pay

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Camilla Cavendish
    ChatGPT will force school exams out of the dark ages

    Too much of our testing regime still remains fixated on being able to regurgitate information

  • Monday, 16 January, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Teachers in England and Wales vote to strike over pay

    Biggest education union announces seven days of walkouts in February and March

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    Claer Barrett
    Why do Brits hate maths? Go figure

    Poor numeracy is a problem, but Rishi Sunak needs to show his workings for compulsory maths until age 18

  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    England’s teachers warn extra funding needed to make maths compulsory until 18

    Educators welcome government plans but say without investment proposal is ‘unachievable’

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    IB TOK class - Simon Schama: art versus the tyrants

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