School Life

A shot of teenage music students in a classroom learning how to play the keyboard together at a school. The students are wearing school uniforms.

VAT on private school fees could put girls-only schools at risk, experts warn

Single Mum in a home environment home schools / helps her children with homework. She holds a digital tablet out in front of her. Recognisable scene for parents in lockdown attempting to juggle a work / life balance during the Coronavirus pandemic.

More families are choosing home education – but many feel forced into it

A group of schoolgirls, walking

Private school VAT changes: what parents need to know about the legal challenge

Primary school boy with Down syndrome sitting at desk and listening to his teacher

More disabled children could soon thrive in mainstream schools under new SEN reforms

A group of schoolgirls, walking

Private school fees set to rise: what parents need to know about the new VAT

Pregnant businesswoman leading group meeting

Schools enhance maternity pay to keep female teachers in the classroom

Adorable toddler boy with Down Syndrome stacks blocks in preschool classroom during occupational therapy appointment

Chancellor announces £1 billion for SEN and tripled breakfast club budget

Cute young girl wearing big glasses holds a pen and writes on a piece of paper. Conceptual with space for copy.

Children’s handwriting skills could fall behind as screen time soars, warns expert

Kid playing with a drone in a beach in the meaditeranean sea.

Toy drones could require licences like cars, says UK terrorism tsar

Full length front view of 5 and 6 year old classmates in uniforms holding beverage containers and smiling at camera with mature woman standing in kitchen. / Female Focus Collection

Chancellor pledges £1.4bn to overhaul schools and triple free breakfast club funding

Primary school students sitting in an art classroom being taught by a teacher in the North East of England. They are drawing with chalk.

Disadvantaged children risk being left out of free childcare, say UK charities

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Government pauses plans for 44 new state schools in England

Children eating lunch at school

Free school meals trial feeds 20,000 more children in England

children playing at nursery school helped by an EYS staff member

Government to address nursery staff shortages before expanding childcare services

guided reading in primary school

What is Ofsted and how will the new school ratings work?