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January 15, 2017 at 01:16PM Ministers have confirmed that funding from a tax on sugary soft drinks will continue to be ring-fenced for school sports until 2020. The government has plans to double the value of the primary PE and sports premium to £320 million from September by using some of the funds from the

January 15, 2017 at 01:16PM In a departure from the government’s usual firm dismissals on a lack of funding, Nick Gibb has admitted that sixth forms face “tight” resources. The schools minister was questioned in parliament this week over the funding given to schools for 16 to 19-year-olds compared with that for younger pupils and

January 15, 2017 at 08:15AM A new inquiry has been launched to discover why speech and language disorders are going unidentified in the majority of primary school pupils. The review follows a Schools Week investigation that uncovered such disorders were being missed by local authorities amid overly-simplistic assessments. Experts said councils were reluctant to pay

January 15, 2017 at 01:57AM A free school supported by Michael Gove and Boris Johnson against local opposition will abruptly close next month after attracting only 60 pupils since it opened in 2012, and struggling to recruit staff and find a permanent site. Parents of pupils at Southwark free school, housed in a community hall

January 15, 2017 at 01:50AM The other day I read Greg Ashman’s post Why Education is like smoking which talked about the way teachers often generalise from anecdotes in the same way that when smokers are confronted with statistics about the health risks of smoking they might say things like, “Well, my nan smoked 400 cigarettes