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Adult apprentices no longer required to do maths and English qualifications

Changes to requirements for apprenticeship courses will see 10,000 more apprenticeship starts a year, the Education Secretary has said.

Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025

Apprentices no longer required to have maths and English qualifications

Changes to the minimum length of an apprenticeship will be introduced from August

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025

Landmark study reveals the effect of school phone bans

The study maps students’ grades, sleep and exercise habits - and how they differ with phone use

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025

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School phone bans do not improve grades or mental health, says new report

Evidence also showed restrictive phone policies did not lower the overall time young people spent on their phones throughout the day.

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025

Ofsted’s school report cards could be ‘harder’ for parents to use, MPs told

Sam Freedman, who worked as a policy adviser to former education secretary Michael Gove, said he had ‘a lot of worries’ about the proposals.

Evening Standard · Feb 4, 2025

Schools must not be turned into ‘fortresses’ to tackle knife crime, experts say

Knife crime involving teenagers is a ‘national crisis that needs a national response’, the former children’s commissioner for England has suggested.

Evening Standard · Feb 4, 2025

Bridget Phillipson warns parents against ‘casual attitude’ to school attendance

Education secretary launches ‘new era of school standards’ while defending Ofsted inspection changes

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2025

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Parents have responsibilities to make sure children in school, says Phillipson

The Education Secretary said ‘it’s not OK to say it’s only a Friday, you don’t need to go to school today’.

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025

Minister expects priority to be children’s life chances as Ofsted plans unveiled

Bridget Phillipson rejected criticism of her plans to revamp inspections with a new ‘report card’ style scale.

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025

Education Secretary defends Ofsted’s proposed grading scale as what parents want

Unions and the sister of a headteacher who took her own life following an Ofsted inspection have criticised the plans.

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025

New Ofsted report cards met by fierce backlash as it scraps single-word judgments

Headteacher Ruth Perry’s sister said the proposals are a ‘rehash’ of the ‘dangerous’ system currently in place

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2025

Ofsted’s new school report card worse than old system, say headteachers

Unions as well as school leaders say proposed changes to replace four-grade approach in England are ‘demoralising’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2025

Fears that Ofsted’s proposed grading scale is ‘rehash of dangerous system’

A 12-week consultation on inspection reforms is being launched on Monday.

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025

Record number of families in England fined over term-time holidays

Bridget Phillipson issues warning as parents seem more relaxed about unauthorised holidays since Covid

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2025

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Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025

Franchised higher education courses face tighter rules to curb ‘rogue operators’

More than half of 341 franchised institutions are unregistered with the Office for Students, the DfE said.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025

Who is criticising Labour’s new education bill – and why?

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson is trying to win over critics of proposed curbs on academy schools’ freedoms

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2025

The Guardian view on teachers’ pay: colleges don’t deserve second-class status

Editorial: College staff deserve a pay rise along with their peers. Widening the gap with schools would be a serious mistake

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2025

Conservative law to ban phones in schools is ‘gimmick’, Education Secretary says

Bridget Phillipson said a Tory amendment to the schools Bill is unnecessary as she defended removing automatic academisation of failing schools.

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The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

AI ‘biggest thing to hit education in 100 years’, historian says

Sir Anthony Seldon praised Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s speech about technology on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025

Using technology in schools can tackle absences and staff shortages – Phillipson

The Education Secretary has set out plans to use technology as a ‘positive, radical, modernising force’ in the education system.

Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025

Phillipson to set out plans to use technology to ‘modernise’ education system

The Education Secretary is due to announce that tech firms have helped develop a set of expectations which AI tools should meet to be classroom safe.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

Government’s education reforms could be ‘significant backward step’ for pupils

It has been claimed that the changes could ‘stifle innovation’.

Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025

Universities must deliver ‘best outcomes’ for students after tuition fee rise

The Government will set out its plan for higher education reform by this summer, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025

London headteacher criticises Labour proposals to limit logos on uniform

Katharine Birbalsingh says school-branded trousers and skirts can help prevent pupils from sexual exploitation

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2025

Government pushes ahead with legislation to protect free speech at universities

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson told MPs that academic freedom was ‘much more important than the wishes of some students not to be offended’.

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