Press releases

DfE school workforce statistics

Date: 06/06/2024

A woeful testament to 14 years of Government mismanagement and neglect.

IFS research on inequalities in education

Date: 05/06/2024

Education attainment should not be limited or determined by young people’s background.

NFER on child poverty

Date: 05/06/2024

NFER report showing rise in children arriving to school hungry.

Child poverty

Support for Free School Meals

Date: 04/06/2024

Deltapoll/NEU poll finds majority support for extending Free School Meals to all primary school children.

Child poverty

Teach First on workload

Date: 14/05/2024

"Ending Educational Inequality" report shows that the work of teachers now extends well beyond the school gates.

A fresh start for Sure Start

Date: 10/05/2024

Report on building the foundations of a new Sure Start.

Child poverty

State of education: child poverty

Date: 04/04/2024

Teachers and support staff are regularly paying to help disadvantaged pupils in their care.

Child poverty levels rise again

Date: 21/03/2024

We urgently need a child poverty strategy setting out clear policy objectives to tackle the prevalence of child poverty.

Child poverty

EPI report showing disadvantage gap in education

Date: 14/03/2024

Schools do all they can to address their students needs but they do so with increasingly dwindling or non existent support.

Government attendance drive

Date: 29/02/2024

If Government is serious about addressing the reasons behind absences, they need to ensure schools and parents have the means to get the help required.

Parents poll calls for free school meals

Date: 20/02/2024

Parents tells Rishi Sunak now is the time for Free School Meals for all pupils in primaries across England – not just London: new poll finds.

Child poverty

Labour’s child health action plan

Date: 10/01/2024

Schools should be able to deliver these programmes free from the worry of budget constraints and increases to staff workload.

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