Nearly 100 unregistered alternative providers that educate more than 1,000 children could be operating as illegal schools, a new investigation has found
Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has called for wide-ranging reforms to a system she says is “failing children who often need the greatest support”.
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A smartphone ban in English schools is coming into force. What’s changing?
Earlier this year, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson wrote to head teachers to encourage them to follow guidance which says “all schools should be smartphone-free environments
Screen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark study suggests
Screen time for babies and toddlers under the age of two has been linked with long-term negative effects on health and quality of life and
Education system not set up to serve white working-class children, major report finds
The Independent Inquiry into White Working-Class Educational Outcomes also determined that once-in-a-generation reforms were needed to tackle why such children are the lowest-performing large demographic