News Round-Up
27 April 2025
by Will Jones
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Bridget Phillipson has been accused of allowing the Education Blob to run riot with her Schools Bill, slipping in horrors that the Tories rejected and moving the system towards the Nazi-style one that MPs rejected in 1944.
Court documents obtained by the Telegraph show that Bridget Phillipson tried to pull the plug on the Freedom of Speech Act as one of her first acts as Education Secretary.
Teaching unions are celebrating as Ofsted ditches its single-word ratings for detailed "report cards" next September, despite concerns that the change might damage educational standards.
A new poll reveals nearly two-thirds of teachers view the Tories' transgender guidance, aimed at protecting children, as "divisive", raising fears that ideological opposition could spark a classroom revolt.
The Government's about-to-be-issued trans guidance for schools is a typical cowardly fudge that will create more problems than it solves. Clare Page dissects it for the Daily Sceptic.
Ten per cent of sixth formers say they want to change gender or have already done so. New research by the think tank Civitas has uncovered disturbing evidence that woke teaching on gender is rife in English schools.
The Department for Education has instructed schools to be prepared for the reintroduction of face masks in classrooms and for the return of remote learning in case of "local outbreaks of Covid".
The Prime Minister has indicated his support for a £15 billion scheme which would see the school day extended by 30 minutes in order to help make up for the disruption caused to education by lockdowns.
The Department for Education has been "surprisingly resistant" to investigating the shortfalls in its Covid response, including its failure to set standards for remote learning during lockdown, according to a new report.
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