Press releases

NFER on post-Covid disadvantage gap

Date: 05/10/2023

Schools' efforts to close the gap for pupils are not matched by government support.

IFS report - school costs and inflationary pressures

Date: 05/10/2023

Headline figures on education funding do not translate into funding increases per pupil for schools.

Funding

Rishi Sunak Speech

Date: 04/10/2023

Headline-seeking announcements are no substitute for doing the hard work fixing the major challenges facing education.

Mobile phones in schools

Date: 02/10/2023

The Education Secretary would do better facing up to the real challenges in our schools, rather than distracting attention from them.

Behaviour

Persistent Absence

Date: 27/09/2023

Education Select Committee Report

Child poverty

Joint call to solve school buildings crisis

Date: 25/09/2023

Eight unions and the NGA call on the Prime Minister to invest £4.4bn+ per year to get a grip on the school buildings crisis

British Baccalaureate

Date: 22/09/2023

This back-of-the-envelope plan shows a Government out of touch with the realities of the teacher recruitment and retention crisis

Education unions in united call to Secretary of State

Date: 21/09/2023

Education unions in united call to Secretary of State for urgent measures to improve teacher pay and conditions.

NFER on Support Staff and the Cost of Living

Date: 20/09/2023

Support staff play a vital role in schools. The fact that they are leaving impacts schools and their pupils.

RAAC Latest List

Date: 19/09/2023

This list is the product of years of neglect by Government.

NFER on schools funding crisis

Date: 13/09/2023

Schools funding is facing further real-terms cuts as a result of the cost of living crisis

Funding

KS2 SATs and the Disadvantage Gap

Date: 12/09/2023

The government is failing to invest either in our schools, or in our most disadvantaged children.