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The findings suggest sending looked-after and vulnerable children to boarding school improves educational attainment. Illustration: Sensvector/Adobe Stock

Research 30 August 2023

Outcomes for Looked-after Children Attending Boarding Schools

Overall GCSE results are similar to 2019, figures show. Picture: dgl images/Adobe Stock

News 24 August 2023

Disadvantaged pupils ‘worst affected’ by post-pandemic GCSE mark down

The programme will remain open until August next year. Picture: Zinkevych/Adobe Stock

News 23 August 2023

Government expands early years SENCO training

Children referred to social care are twice as likely to fail their English and maths GCSEs, research has found. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

News 22 August 2023

Children referred to social care more likely to fail core GCSEs, charity warns

Christine Gilbert is a former Ofsted chief inspector. Picture: EEF

News 17 August 2023

Former Ofsted chief to chair education charity

A-level results have seen a drop in top grades compared with last year. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 17 August 2023

A-level results signal ‘growing disparity’ for disadvantaged pupils

Article 39's chief executive Carolyne Willow has called for an expansion of the plans for the mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse. Picture: Article 39

News 16 August 2023

Mandatory reporting professionals list ‘too narrow’, warn campaigners

Virtual schools were established to supoport the education of children in care. Picture: Jacob Lund/Adobe Stock

News 15 August 2023

Councils push for virtual schools review

Baroness Heather Hallett has been urged to take children's voices into account during Covid inquiry. Picture: Parliament UK

News 15 August 2023

Charities urge Covid-19 inquiry to stop 'silencing' children

Among all young people surveyed just 48 per cent said student loans were “a good investment” in their future. Photo: AdobeStock

News 10 August 2023

Young people in food poverty struggling to afford university, warns Sutton Trust

Action by families against councils’ decisions over the last decade have tripled, research finds. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 9 August 2023

Almost all SEND appeals against council decisions upheld, figures show

Slough Borough Council has pledged to improve support for children with SEND. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 7 August 2023

DfE orders struggling council to improve SEND services

The inquiry seeks evidence on the barriers faced by disabled young people when entering the workplace. Picture: Robert Kneschke/Adobe Stock

News 4 August 2023

Peers seek views on careers support for disabled young people

Lib Peck welcomed Maureen McKenna's 'huge amount of experience'. Picture: London VRU

News 2 August 2023

Former Glasgow education director appointed to reduce school exclusions in London

The Department for Education has sought evidence on how better support home-schooled children. Picture: Mediteraneo/Adobe Stock

News 2 August 2023

Fund councils to better monitor home education, ADCS urges