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    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK braced for biggest strike day since 2011 as ministers resist pay rises

      Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers set to walk out on Wednesday in co-ordinated action

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      Teachers’ strike exposes deficiencies in Britain’s education system

      Achievement, attendance and recruitment levels fail to recover from Covid’s battering

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK braced for biggest day of strikes this winter

      Workers from rail, teaching and university sectors to walk out on February 1 in co-ordinated action over pay

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Camilla Cavendish
      ChatGPT will force school exams out of the dark ages

      Too much of our testing regime still remains fixated on being able to regurgitate information

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Teachers in England and Wales vote to strike over pay

      Biggest education union announces seven days of walkouts in February and March

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Claer Barrett
      Why do Brits hate maths? Go figure

      Poor numeracy is a problem, but Rishi Sunak needs to show his workings for compulsory maths until age 18

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      England’s teachers warn extra funding needed to make maths compulsory until 18

      Educators welcome government plans but say without investment proposal is ‘unachievable’

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      IB TOK class - Simon Schama: art versus the tyrants

      The arts, History

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Economics class: Scotland top-rate tax rises widen gap with rest of UK

      Taxation

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Business class: Mars convinces emerging market consumers to eat more chocolate

      Global marketing

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Politics class: Extinction Rebellion abandons disruptive climate protests in UK

      Pressure groups

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Politics class: The inside story of Liz Truss’s disastrous 44 days in office

      Prime Minister and Cabinet

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Philosophy class: Can Just Stop Oil make the case for protest?

      Moral philosophy

    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
      The Weekend Essay
      Lucy Kellaway’s lessons on life from moving to the North East

      Six months after relocating from London, the former FT columnist has a new perspective on what really matters

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      Ian Benson
      Mathematics education in the UK does not add up

      If we are going to reskill the workforce, we must start with delivering in schools

    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      Staff shortages hitting education in England, says Ofsted

      Nurseries forced to close and class sizes growing in schools and colleges, finds inspectorate

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
      Why is personal finance not being taught more in schools?

      British schools face barriers to keeping cash management classes on curriculum, despite students’ desire to learn

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      UK Health Security Agency
      UK considers precautionary antibiotics for children as Strep A cases rise

      Schools minister says health agency ‘working closely with schools’ after increase in scarlet fever infections

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      Stephen Bush
      Private schools are an easy target for Labour, but not a risk-free one

      Removing the VAT exemption is harder than it looks, and may backfire if it prompts scrutiny of the party’s tax-raising plans

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      Failure to meet teacher training targets set to hit English schools

      Staff shortages emerge in key subjects as recruitment slumps, with science among worst affected

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      Inside Politics
      Ever more diverse country makes for a dynamic political divide

      Labour’s pledge to scrap charity status for private schools hints at its limitations in upholding broader tax promises

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Starmer calls on Sunak to end ‘scandal’ of tax breaks for private schools

      UK prime minister defends support for VAT exemption as Labour argues money should be put to ‘good use’

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Natalie Perera
      Ofsted could do better when it comes to marking schools harshly

      Institutions coping with the impact of social problems on children are more likely to be found wanting by inspectors

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      UK labour disputes
      UK universities and Scottish schools hit by strike action over pay and pensions

      Historic walkouts come as unions call for ‘meaningful’ pay rises amid mounting strain across education system

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
      News in-depth
      ‘There is such high need’: Teachers step in as UK cost of living crisis bites

      Rising hardship in schools risks exacerbating educational inequality and hampering pupils’ long-term prospects

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