What academies are and how they changed English schools
Academies are state-funded schools run by charitable trusts under contract with the Education Secretary rather than by councils, a model…
Priya Anand
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Home schooling in the UK: what the law actually requires
Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 obliges parents to educate their children but not to send them to school, and the resulting light-touch…
Priya Anand
School admissions appeals: how the panel actually decides
Admissions appeals are decided by a two-stage legal test balancing the school's case about capacity against the family's case about the…
Amelia Hart
How school catchment areas really work
A catchment area is not a fixed boundary but the annual output of oversubscription criteria, sibling priority and distance measurement…
Priya Anand
How GCSE grades are actually decided behind the number scale
GCSE grade boundaries move every year by design, because the system holds the meaning of a grade steady rather than the marks needed to…
Amelia Hart
How Ofsted inspections actually work and what the grades mean
Ofsted inspections compress a school's whole story into roughly two days of deep dives and data conversations, and the grades that result…
Priya Anand
How AI Is Changing Education — For Better and Worse
AI tools have rapidly entered classrooms and educational institutions. Here is what the evidence suggests about their effects and the…
Liam Chen
UK SEND Crisis: Schools Overwhelmed as 1.6 Million Children Wait for Support
The UK's special educational needs system is in crisis, with 1.6 million children identified as having SEND but only 500,000 receiving the…
Daily Junction Editorial Team
UK School Attendance Crisis: One in Five Children Persistently Absent as Post-Pandemic Norms Collapse
School attendance in England has collapsed to the lowest level on record, with 22% of pupils persistently absent and 150,000 children…
Daily Junction Editorial Team