Children’s commissioner Anne Longfield has called for a digital citizenship programme in every school, warning that children are being ‘left to fend for themselves in the digital world’.
Dame Louise Casey has called for British values to be included on the core curriculum on all schools following her review into social integration in Britain.
The chairs of five Parliamentary Select Committees have written to the Secretary of State for Education, Justine Greening to call for Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PHSE) and Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) to be made a statutory subject in schools.
Current measures to assess children’s reading ability are failing to take into account the whole range of activities that define whether a child is reading well, according to leading charities.
A large majority of teachers have raised concerns that education reforms with an increased focus on exams are undermining student’s health and wellbeing.
Responding to criticisms of the government’s plans to open new grammar schools, School Standards Minister Nick Gibb has claimed that establishing a ‘tutor proof’ 11-plus test is the ‘holy grail’.
British soul singer and former music supply teacher Laura Mvula has spoken out against cuts to creative subjects in schools, warning that it is limiting opportunities for poorer pupils and will leave music a preserve of the 'privileged few who can afford private lessons'.
Sadiq Khan has launched a new ‘London Curriculum’ for primary schools in the capital, giving pupil the opportunity to learn about the city’s history and culture.
