The Latest Breaking News from Department for Education

Walk into any custodial youth justice facility in the UK – from young offender’s institutions to secure training centres and children’s homes – and you’ll be met with an unexpected reality: the majority of children in these settings have special educational needs and disabilities.

The target for the proportion of children passing the phonics screening check – a test of how well children aged five and six in England can “decode” words – has been raised to 90%.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was a ‘disgrace’ that so many white, working-class children are being written off at school.

The Education Secretary said it was a “national disgrace” that so many white working-class children are being “written off”

Families and youth workers occupy recently closed centre run by Living Under One Sun in Tottenham in protest over lack of affordable childcare and school holiday support

The Department for Education ‘lacks a coherent plan’, suitable targets and sufficient evidence of what works to improve teachers shortages, MPs say.

The Department for Education should enter ‘campaign mode’ to ensure more students enrol in the technical qualifications, MPs say.

There were around 11,000 fewer pupils in independent schools in January compared with the same point last year, Government figures show.

There were around 11,000 fewer pupils in independent schools in January compared with the same point last year, Government figures show.