uk education

Boris Johnson Says He Wants All Children Back At School Five Days A Week From September

The prime minister also said to "watch this space" on moves to cut the two metre social distancing rule.
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Malala Yousafzai Celebrates Graduating From Oxford, 8 Years After Being Shot

The 22-year-old shared joyous photos on Twitter to mark her graduation.
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Has The Government Taken Its Eye Off The Ball? With Robert Halfon MP

Conservative MP Robert Halfon joins Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth to discuss whether the government needs to pay more attention to its own backbenchers instead of treating them as an inconvenience.
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Opinion: If My Grades Were Predicted I Would Never Have Studied At Oxford And Yale

With schools themselves admitting grades will not be fair, predictions hold the power to structurally limit equal access to opportunities, Dr Suriyah Bi writes.
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Give Lockdown-Hit Disadvantaged Children Free Internet At Home, Education Secretary Told

Tory MPs, Tony Blair and leading charities warn Gavin Williamson youngsters falling behind "may never catch up".
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'Black British History Is Barely Covered': How The Curriculum Could Be Decolonised

The people campaigning for urgent changes to the education system explain how they want to see the system transformed.
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Schools 'Cut Corners' On Safety By Reopening With Bigger Class Sizes

Unison survey says 22% of staff have seen the 15-pupil limit breached.
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Opinion: We Need A Volunteer Army To Help Children Locked Out Of Learning During Lockdown

What more powerful symbol of national spirit could there be than committing together to give this gift from one generation to the next, Robert Halfon and Kirsty McNeill write.
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Boris Johnson's Pledge Of £63m For Vulnerable Families Not Enough, Says Labour

PM's coronavirus support fund is only half what is needed to cover the loss of free school meal vouchers during summer, sources say.
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Poorer Pupils Face 'Tsunami' Of Inequality In Covid Crisis, MPs Told

"Covid generation" of children need summer schools and national tutoring system, academic says.
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