School leaders call on ministers to scrap ‘poverty-producing’ two-child benefit cap Sir Keir Starmer’s government has been under pressure to scrap the two-child benefit cap The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2024
Gap between top GCSE grades at private and state schools grows – as it happened Gap on top grades between private and comprehensive schools rises from 28.2 percentage points to 29 percentage points The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2024
Ministers urged to act over numbers failing English and maths GCSEs Study finds serious impact on life chances and mental health of young people amid calls to reassess resits policy in England The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2024
Rachel Reeves Exposed For Using Taxpayer Funds To Pay Bills After Stripping Pensioners Of Winter Fuel Payments Rachel Reeves is facing backlash for using taxpayer funds to pay her energy bills while cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners, sparking accusations of hypocrisy and public outrage. International Business Times UK · Aug 19, 2024
Pupils achieve best A-level results in a generation but regional gap widens North of England lags far behind south-east in national exam grades and university application rates The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2024
Tory visa restrictions on international students won't be reversed, Education Secretary says In January, restrictions were introduced to prevent most international students bringing dependents with them to the UK Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2024
RAAC, Covid, cost of living: What will affect A-level grades on results day 2024? The education secretary has said inequality is ‘baked-in’ to England’s school system The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2024
Labour ‘putting rail passengers first’, says minister as she blames Tories for prolonging strikes – as it happened Louise Haigh says she hopes three-year pay deal offered to train drivers will resolve strikes The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2024
A-level top grades up on last year but educational inequality widens Hundreds of thousands of students received their A-level results on Thursday morning, with more than a quarter of UK entries awarded an A or A* grade The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2024
Private schools at risk of closure over VAT hike already face big budget shortfalls, says Phillipson Labour has pledged to end the VAT exemption for private schools in order to raise an estimated £1.6bn The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2024
Vast majority of A-level students secure first choice university places – as it happened Over three-quarters of English applicants gain enough points for their favoured course The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2024
Plans to teach children how to spot ‘disinformation, fake news and putrid conspiracy theories’ in schools unveiled In a bid to tackle how children interpret what they see online and how they spot fake news, the government has announced how this will be handled in schools. GoodToKnow · Aug 13, 2024
Education secretary warns of ‘baked-in’ inequality in English school system Bridget Phillipson says she is determined to reduce attainment gap as teenagers anticipate A-level results The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2024
Bridget Phillipson pledges to reverse ‘baked-in’ education inequalities ahead of A-level results day The education secretary says child poverty is a ‘big driver’ of educational disparities between the most and least advantaged students The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2024 Will Labour end all taxpayer bailouts? Brief letters: University funding | Flagging spirit | The problem with men | A taste for pylons | The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2024 The Guardian view on post-16 qualifications: the switch to T-levels has been botched Editorial: Colleges have been placed in an impossible position. Bridget Phillipson should heed their concerns
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024 Children to be taught how to spot extremist content and fake news online Education secretary launches review of curriculum in primary and secondary schools in England aimed at teaching critical thinking
The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2024 Schools to teach children about spotting fake news online in curriculum overhaul after UK riots Pupils must be ‘armed’ against ‘putrid conspiracy theories’, pledges education secretary
The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2024 Schools to teach children how to spot fake news and ‘putrid’ conspiracies online Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said her curriculum review would embed critical thinking skills in lessons.
The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2024 Call for support after warning universities may face further financial crisis in autumn Leaders in the sector fear certain departments could be culled and institutions may be pushed into joining forces
The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2024 Free childcare pledge in England in peril after Tories ‘recklessly rushed out’ plan Nurseries warn they lack staff for next month’s expansion of free provision that was promised by Conservatives
The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2024 Police station torched and mosques on high alert after rioting spreads to Sunderland Education secretary and Sunderland MP Bridget Phillipson describes unrest as ‘unforgivable violence and thuggery’
The Conversation · Aug 1, 2024 Teachers in England receive 5.5% pay award – here’s what else needs to be done to keep them in schools Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has accepted recommendations made by the independent School Teachers’ Review Body, giving teachers in England a pay rise of 5.5% from autumn 2024.
The Conversation · Jul 30, 2024 Why provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities is broken in England – and how to fix it The capacity of the education sector to meet the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities is broken, according to education secretary Bridget Phillipson.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024 Bursting the bubble of Just Stop Oil The group scored an own goal if their intention was to influence public opinion