Bethan LewisWales family and education correspondent BBC Head teacher Helen Jones says she welcomes the “overdue” reforms but is worried about the demands on teachers A head teacher has expressed concerns for the “guinea pig year group” who are the first to study 15 new-look GCSEs in Wales. Year 10 students started studying the new … Read more
Getty Images Working parents of children aged between nine months and four years old in England now have access to 30 hours a week of childcare during term time. Ministers say 530,000 more children are benefiting from government-funded childcare since the free hours scheme expansion began. But there are continuing concerns about the number of … Read more
Hayley ClarkeEducation reporter and Emily Doughty Getty Images Thousands of students have reported being victims of sexual violence and harassment in the first sector-wide survey of sexual misconduct at universities in England. The Office for Students (OfS) said 14% of students responding to its survey reported being victims of sexual violence – which included rape, … Read more
Getty There has been a sharp decline in pupil numbers since the “post-millennium baby boom”, the report found The number of pupils in primary schools in London is continuing to fall sharply as a low birth rate coupled with families moving away from the capital is starting to take effect, a report has found. Since … Read more
Hazel ShearingEducation correspondent Getty Images Private schools in England could pay more for Ofsted inspections under plans set out by the Department for Education (DfE). The DfE said the regulator’s inspections of private schools cost £6.5m last year – £2.2m of which was covered by fees charged to the schools. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said … Read more
Douglas FraserBusiness/economy editor, Scotland BBC Anton Muscatelli has been in charge of Glasgow University for 16 years Scotland’s most experienced university principal has called for a review of the funding and shape of higher education, warning against “stumbling from year to year”. Sir Anton Muscatelli, who retires this month after 16 years as the principal … Read more
Year 8 pupils in England will have to sit reading tests at school under government plans due to be released this autumn, the BBC understands. The mandatory tests, first reported by Schools Week, would aim to check their progress two years into secondary school. It comes amid concern that a quarter of Year 6 pupils … Read more
Joe TidyCyber correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images Hackers holding pictures and private data of thousands of nursery children and their families to ransom say they will publish more information online unless they are paid. Criminals calling themselves Radiant hacked the Kido nursery chain and posted profiles of 10 children online on Thursday and a … Read more