Education

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Private schools would retain some of their tax breaks under a Labour government, after party chiefs backed down on their pledge to strip such schools of charitable status. The party has planned – in its first year in …

Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter The Prime Minister is reportedly planning to overhaul the A-level system by introducing a new ‘British baccalaureate’ which would see children study more subjects after the age of 16. According to several media …

Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter An east London secondary school has been forced to close immediately due to unsafe concrete concerns, with 1,800 students sent home with minimal warning. Stepney All Saints School had informed the Department for …

Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter The Children’s Commissioner has called for urgent clarity on trans policies in schools after Rishi Sunak was said to be considering scrapping plans to ban children changing gender in the classroom. Dame Rachel …

Expert explains why Raac is more dangerous than standard concrete Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Rishi Sunak is set to face a brutal grilling at his first PMQs in seven weeks today as Labour is ready to challenge the prime minister on how …

Expert explains why Raac is more dangerous than standard concrete Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Parliament is undergoing testing for Raac as the government becomes further embroiled in a crisis over the crumbling concrete, Bloomberg reports. A source confirmed that tests were ongoing, …

Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Parents across the country are still attempting to piece together all the information after safety fears forced more than 100 schools to close. Many pupils have been resuming their studies online or in …

Expert explains why Raac is more dangerous than standard concrete Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Despite Jeremy Hunt’s promises to “spend what it takes” to make classrooms safe amidst a crumbling concrete crisis, the Treasury has said there is “no extra cash” to …

Expert explains why Raac is more dangerous than standard concrete Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The scandal over schools built with crumbling concrete escalated overnight amid fears that asbestos could be exposed in some of the sites affected. Asbestos and reinforced autoclaved aerated …

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour plans to use a vote to force the government to finally publish a full list of schools affected by crumbling concrete after days of refusals by ministers. The government has identified more than 100 schools forced to …