Recent articles School leavers have “very poor” understanding of key climate change concepts, a “concerning” government study has found, reigniting calls for the topic to be given greater coverage in the curriculum.  Year 11s were found to struggle with understanding the impact climate change could have on the UK, and... Read more

More from this theme Recent articles When the current government and education secretary took office, they carried with them a sense of hope – for stability, clarity and a bold vision to address the growing pressures in our education system. So far, they have fallen short. There has been a... Read more

More from this theme Recent articles Former union boss Mary Bousted and ex-children’s commissioner Anne Longfield will be made peers. The pair will sit in the House of Lords and be given the title Baroness. They were nominated to be life peers by the Labour party in this year’s political... Read more

Recent articles Teachers should be given powers to sanction parents who fail to engage in efforts to halt the “rising epidemic of disruptive and dangerous behaviour” in schools, a think tank has suggested. The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change says resolving the “burgeoning crisis of behaviour and safety” in... Read more

More from this theme Recent articles The government’s new schools bill will dominate education policymaking for the next few years, before changes start to feed into classrooms across the country from 2026 onwards. Schools Week has picked out every new proposed policy and included any details on the proposed implementation... Read more

More from this theme Recent articles A major new parliamentary inquiry has been launched in a bid to find new solutions to the growing crisis in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision. The probe will focus on how to stabilise the broken system short-term, and how to achieve “long-term... Read more