Primary

Yesterday

9th May 2025

More primaries take ‘far from perfect’ KS1 Sats
There has been a slight rise in primaries planning to run May key stage 1 Sats this year, despite copies no longer being sent automatically to schools
Primary classroom with teacher
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Wednesday

30th Apr 2025

DfE appoints advisers to tackle breakfast club ‘challenges’
Contracts for advisers to help schools deliver the government’s flagship policy are worth up to £44,000
DfE appoints breakfast club advisers to help schools with ‘delivery challenges’

Friday

4th Apr 2025

Sats: Scrutiny over transcripts fuels rise in alleged cheating
Increase in cases of alleged maladministration has been fuelled by concerns over transcripts for pupils with illegible handwriting and test administrators ‘over-aiding’
Sats ‘maladministration’ up by 58% over two years
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Wednesday

2nd Apr 2025

Pupils to be warned about financial risks of gaming
Oak National Academy says new financial education lesson aids will help children to understand online spending, budgeting and borrowing
Gamer using controller for on screen financial imagery

Thursday

27th Mar 2025

Unfilled primary places at highest level since records began
There were 611,000 unfilled primary places in 2023-24, DfE data shows
Sweets in jars

Friday

14th Mar 2025

Call for £150m arts fund to train primary teachers
Creativity and the expressive arts should be put at the heart of the primary school curriculum, says report
Primary dance class

Wednesday

12th Mar 2025

Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust appoints new chief executive
Sharon Mullins takes over from founder Anne Dellar, who is retiring in the summer
Sharon Mullins is the new chief executive of Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust.

Friday

7th Mar 2025

EIS launches book to help young new arrivals to Scotland
The teaching union’s story book is aimed at supporting young children who are new to Scotland to settle in at school
EIS releases book to help young new arrivals to Scotland

Wednesday

5th Mar 2025

Behaviour overtakes workload as a top concern for primary teachers
Teachers in primary are also more worried about support for pupils’ social, emotional and mental health needs, research shows
Primary school boy annoyed

Monday

24th Feb 2025

750 schools named for free breakfast clubs pilot
Just over one in three pupils covered by the pilot are at schools based in a deprived area
750 schools named for free breakfast clubs pilot
Don’t withdraw breaktime to punish poor behaviour, schools told
Interim report from Raising the Nation Play Commission proposes that Ofsted assesses schools on playtime length, which would ‘reward schools that value play highly’
Child looking out of window at playground

Thursday

20th Feb 2025

Schools call on ministers to extend chess funding
Scheme to encourage pupils in disadvantaged areas to take up chess has been a great success, schools say
Small girl playing with life sized chess pieces