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The Budget Will Cost Some Nurseries £50,000 A Year, Early Years Sector Warns
Education
The Budget Will Cost Some Nurseries £50,000 A Year, Early Years Sector Warns
The early years sector has warned that the failure to fund private nurseries for Budget measures will cost the average setting an additional £50,000 a year.
I’m a former deputy headteacher – taxing private schools is only fair
Education
By Sureena Brackenridge
I’m a former deputy headteacher – taxing private schools is only fair
As a former deputy headteacher, with over 25 years’ experience working in state schools with many students from disadvantaged backgrounds, I know first-hand the impact of funding disparities across our education system.
Apprenticeships: Investing for the Future Partner content
Education
By JTL
Apprenticeships: Investing for the Future
Apprenticeships in highly skilled trades such as electrical engineering and plumbing are essential for home-building and the net-zero transition, investing in them now will help future-proof the workforce
Stephen Morgan: 'I’m really conscious that parents have had it pretty tough'
Education
By Matilda Martin
Stephen Morgan: 'I’m really conscious that parents have had it pretty tough'
The first-ever early education minister Stephen Morgan tells Matilda Martin what’s keeping him awake at night as he works to deliver a key election pledge
Ministers Could Give Care Leavers Free Prescriptions And Bus Fares
Health
Ministers Could Give Care Leavers Free Prescriptions And Bus Fares
Care leavers could get free prescriptions and bus fares as part of plans to boost government support for vulnerable young people, PoliticsHome understands.
Oxbridge Should 'Move' Towards How US Universities Are Funded
Education
Oxbridge Should "Move" Towards How US Universities Are Funded
The country's most prestigious universities should become more like US colleges in how they are funded, candidate for next Oxford chancellor Dominic Grieve has said. 
Ofsted 'Culpable' For Poor Children Falling Further Behind, Says Body's Former Head
Education
Ofsted "Culpable" For Poor Children Falling Further Behind, Says Body's Former Head
Ofsted is "at fault and culpable" for disadvantaged pupils falling further behind their peers, the former chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has told PoliticsHome.
Labour MP Says Men Should Remember How To Be 'Gentlemen'
Communities
Labour MP Says Men Should Remember How To Be "Gentlemen"
A new Labour MP has said society no longer encourages men to be “gentlemen” and he believed “old-school traditional values” should be re-established around positive masculinity.
Tory support among Chinese and Hindu voters presents opportunity and risk for Kemi Badenoch
Communities
By Zain Mohyuddin
Tory support among Chinese and Hindu voters presents opportunity and risk for Kemi Badenoch
The Tory performance with British Hindu and British Chinese voters on 4 July was one of the very few bright spots for the party. But our analysis suggests that a strategy of going after Reform voters could cost the Conservatives support with these groups.
Parliament has a duty to engage with schools to promote a thriving democracy
Education
By Lord McFall
Parliament has a duty to engage with schools to promote a thriving democracy
Some of the most influential experiences in my life came not from being in Westminster for almost 40 years, but from my time as a teacher in the West of Scotland in the 1970s.
What Next For The University Crisis?
Education
What Next For The University Crisis?
​The announcement this week that tuition fees will go up for the first time in eight years has received mixed reaction.
University Tuition Fees To Rise Next Year, Education Secretary Confirms
Education
University Tuition Fees To Rise Next Year, Education Secretary Confirms
The Labour Government will raise university tuition fees to £9,535 per year in line with inflation.
Schools To Be Fully Reimbursed For National Insurance Rise
Education
Schools To Be Fully Reimbursed For National Insurance Rise
State schools will be fully reimbursed for the rise in National Insurance for employers announced by Rachel Reeves in the Budget, PoliticsHome understands.
How Will Government Meet Its 6,500 New Teachers Pledge?
Education
How Will Government Meet Its 6,500 New Teachers Pledge?
The pledge to recruit 6,500 teachers was a major element of Labour's General Election manifesto. 
Give Schools Funding Boost By Locking In Money For Disadvantaged Pupils, Says Charity
Education
Give Schools Funding Boost By Locking In Money For Disadvantaged Pupils, Says Charity
The Government should guarantee an annual rise in the money given to schools to help disadvantaged pupils, a children’s charity has said ahead of the Budget.
Pearson's education toolkit for Members of Parliament Partner content
Education
By Pearson
Pearson's education toolkit for Members of Parliament
The results of the 2024 general election have brought a fresh cohort of MPs to Westminster, with more than half of the 650 newly elected parliamentarians taking their seats for the first time.
New Report On 'Financially Unsustainable' Special Educational Needs System Is 'Watershed Moment'
Health
New Report On "Financially Unsustainable" Special Educational Needs System Is "Watershed Moment"
A new report setting out the severe pressures facing the special educational needs system (SEND) ought to be a “watershed moment” for Westminster, a former children’s commissioner has warned.
Pupil numbers are reducing, but not as much as we thought. Why does it matter? Partner content
Education
By National Foundation for Educational Research
Pupil numbers are reducing, but not as much as we thought. Why does it matter?
The Department for Education has forecast a drop in pupil numbers for several years, but the latest figures suggest that numbers will drop less than previously expected. This will have consequences for government and school funding nationally and regionally.
Our schools and universities are still hampered by regional inequality
Education
By Sharon Hodgson MP
Our schools and universities are still hampered by regional inequality
The Education Secretary was right to identify "baked in" educational inequalities. The new Government must do its utmost to address them once and for all.
Universities Say Government Should Give “Ringing Endorsement” To Graduate Visas
Education
Universities Say Government Should Give “Ringing Endorsement” To Graduate Visas
The new government should give a “ringing endorsement” to the graduate visa route as part of its efforts to stabilise universities’ finances, according to the president of Universities UK (UUK).
Partner content
Education
By Policy@Manchester
Multi-agency approach can tackle post-Covid school attendance falls
The new government must work to ensure that mainstream education is more able to meet the needs of a wider range of young people - particularly those with special educational needs – if school attendance rates are to return to pre-pandemic levels, a University of Manchester expert has argued.
Campus hate speech shows that Holocaust education has been an abysmal failure
Education
By Baroness Deech
Campus hate speech shows that Holocaust education has been an abysmal failure
Every Jew in the world was profoundly shocked and distressed by the massacre of 7 October.
Raising attainment and alleviating challenges in schools Partner content
Education
By Policy@Manchester
Raising attainment and alleviating challenges in schools
New report from The University of Manchester highlights key challenges facing today’s primary and secondary schools
Addressing the teacher recruitment and retention crisis Partner content
Education
By National Foundation for Educational Research
Addressing the teacher recruitment and retention crisis
It’s time to fix pay and workload so that children have the teachers they need