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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Behind England’s bumper A-level results lie record levels of regional disparities
As England’s A-level results were published on Thursday morning, students across the country were pictured celebrating a bumper crop of results, with record rates of As
Heatwaves and illness take their toll as annual school attendance falls
Attendance rates at England’s schools fell slightly this academic year, new data shows, with this summer’s heatwaves and higher levels of illness playing a part.
Adoption system in ‘crisis’ as shortage leaves children waiting longer in care
Coram is the UK’s longest and oldest serving children’s charity established in 1739. The charity collects data on behalf of the Department for Education and