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Keir Starmer’s awkward apology for leading pupils in banned 6-7 dance

The prime minister told headteacher Jo Anderson: ‘I didn’t start it, Miss’

Evening Standard

Starmer apologises after encouraging pupils to take part in viral trend: ‘I didn’t start it, Miss’

‘You know children get into trouble for saying that in school,’ the teacher toldthe prime minister after he participated in the viral ‘6-7’ trend with pupils

The Independent UK

Delayed trans guidance branded ‘licence to discriminate on looks’

The proposed code of practice will be used by businesses and other organisations to inform their provision of single and separate-sex services.

Evening Standard

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UK government insists it is ‘taking time to get this right’ on single-sex spaces

Labour accused of delaying new rules to avoid backlash, after leak of EHRC guidance saying trans people could be questioned based on looks

The Guardian - UK

PM says special educational needs ‘raised with me more than any other issue’

Sir Keir Starmer made his comments during a visit to a school breakfast club in Reading.

Evening Standard

Education Secretary says asylum reforms ‘will be a fair system’ amid concerns

A raft of measures were set out on Monday to overhaul the asylum system.

Evening Standard

Long-awaited transgender guidance under careful consideration, says Phillipson

The revised code has been produced in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling in April.

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EHRC guidance dubbed ‘misogynist’s charter’ as trans people ‘could be banned from single-sex spaces based on looks’

Places such as hospital wards, gyms and leisure centres will reportedly be able to question transgender women over whether they should be using single-sex services based on how they look, their behaviour or concerns raised by others

The Independent UK

Motherland star’s urgent plea about ‘devastating’ impact of Sats on Send children

Anna Maxwell Martin among campaigners to say primary Sats impact Send children

The Independent UK

Sats ‘devastating’ for Send pupils, Motherland star and parent campaigners say

Anna Maxwell Martin and 22 parent organisations and campaigners were delivering an open letter to the Education Secretary.

Evening Standard

‘They all think Keir is done’: how push to protect Starmer’s job backfired spectacularly

Botched briefing operation was proof to many that PM is leading an ineffectual No 10. How did it go so wrong?

The Guardian - UK

Children’s services should come before Parliament over Sara Sharif failings – MP

Surrey County Council has apologised after a safeguarding review found a series of missed opportunities to protect the 10-year-old.

Evening Standard

All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets

Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on education reform: Labour risks missing its chance to change schools

Editorial: Ministers should encourage teachers who are keen to try new things before the new curriculum’s formal adoption

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Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget

Chancellor understood to be preparing to fully reverse measure, which would cost over £3bn but could lift 350,000 children out of poverty

The Independent UK

Girl, 17, ‘exposed to beheadings, shootings and porn’ joins smartphone legal action against government

Flossie McShea and a mother-of three have added their support to two fathers’ claim for a judicial review, which seeks to have smartphones completely banned in schools

The Guardian - UK

Girl, 17, joins lawsuit against UK government after seeing horrific phone videos at school

Flossie McShea from Devon says she saw a shooting, a beheading and porn and that other students ‘show you their screen without invitation’

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Inside Labour’s ambitious rethink of the national curriculum

In today’s newsletter: After decades of political tinkering, a new review of England’s national curriculum promises change without chaos – but can it really add without overwhelming?

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Evening Standard

Hackney primary school closed due to falling pupil numbers set to reopen as a SEN school for 48 pupils

The school would be repurposed to offer 48 new special school places for SEN students, providing tailored support as an expansion of Ickburgh School

Evening Standard

Phillipson: New year 8 reading test will sit alongside maths and writing tests

Bridget Phillipson told MPs a statutory reading test will run alongside ‘diagnostic’ maths and writing tests

The Guardian - UK

More reading tests won’t help children improve their literacy – here’s what will

Letters: Michael Robinson says teachers, governors and unions need to get round the table and find real solutions, not argue about testing for 13-year-olds. Plus letters from Simon Gibbs, Helen Elliott and Tristram Burden

Evening Standard

Ed Sheeran welcomes school curriculum changes to boost study of music

The said the move diversifying the music genres taught in schools and removes ‘outdated systems that stop kids from studying music and the arts’.

The Independent UK

Ed Sheeran praised by Keir Starmer as government announces changes to music education in UK schools

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson announces government plans to ‘revitalise arts education’ after Sheeran published an open letter backed by Harry Styles, Stormzy and Elton John

The Independent UK

Government’s potential AI qualification ‘may face teacher shortage challenges’

Ministers will explore developing a new level 3 qualification in data science and AI

Evening Standard

Brexit and austerity still causing ‘major problems’ for economy – Phillipson

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s comments came after Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepared the ground for tax hikes in her November 26 Budget.

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