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Education policyMay 2025Sure Start centres generated £2 of financial benefits for every £1 spent, study findsNew Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education
improvements, says report22 May 2025 01.01 CESTOther livesEric Macfarlane obituaryOther lives: Inspiring and influential educationist who wrote books on educational policy20 May 2025 19.24
CESTFostering a lifelong love of reading in children6 May 2025 17.33 CESTAn overhaul is not enough: Ofsted must go4 May 2025 18.23 CESTHeadteachers’ union takes legal action against Ofsted
over inspection changes3 May 2025 07.00 CESTApril 2025Ruth Perry’s sister joins calls to pause proposed Ofsted overhaulJulia Waters accuses ministers of ignoring coroner’s findings on
headteacher’s death after school-rating downgrade28 Apr 2025 09.48 CESTQuestionable value of school executive rolesLetters: Readers raise concerns that multi-academy trusts in England are
diverting funds from classrooms to corporate managers21 Apr 2025 19.07 CESTWhere will the next Akram Khan come from?Letters: Sharon Watson and Mark Osterfield say small dance institutions
are at risk under current funding provisions, which will only deepen inequality in access to the arts10 Apr 2025 18.56 CESTMarch 2025Bridget Phillipson eyes AI’s potential to free up
teachers’ time31 Mar 2025 06.00 CESTPizzas, iPads and praise stamps: pupils reap rewards for attending school27 Mar 2025 01.01 CETDepartment for Education confirms launch of natural history
GCSE 21 Mar 2025 16.41 CETLabour to scrutinise school smartphone bans as pressure grows over impact on teenagers21 Mar 2025 10.41 CETThe Guardian view on the arts in schools: classrooms need
more creativity20 Mar 2025 19.21 CETT-levels are a disaster – and young people are suffering because ministers won’t admit itSusanna Rustin17 Mar 2025 16.53 CETUnauthorised school absence
widening ‘disadvantage gap’ in England17 Mar 2025 06.00 CETDundee University faces ‘hammer blow’ amid plans to cut 635 jobs11 Mar 2025 17.37 CETToilet training and cutlery use key part of
England’s ‘school-readiness skills list’11 Mar 2025 07.00 CETFive years on: Britons among hardest hit by Covid fallout8 Mar 2025 19.40 CETOther livesTony Millns obituary4 Mar 2025 18.55
CETClass act: how the British arts are failing on diversity‘Worse than the Tories’: cultural figures question Labour plans for arts in schools2 Mar 2025 16.00 CETAbout 7,183 results for
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