Jasmine Norden

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Information on the sport and enrichment offers of every state school in England will be published on the government’s School Profiles tool that is expected to be piloted in the 2025-26 academic year. However, school leaders have called for increased funding and warned that the plan must focus on supporting rather than placing “additional expectations” on already under-resourced schools.

1 week ago | tes.com | Jasmine Norden

A further 250 schools will be rebuilt under the School Rebuilding Programme, the government has announced. Funding for the programme, which currently includes just over 500 schools, has been extended until 2034-35. In its 10-year infrastructure strategy published today, the government said this would enable a further 250 schools to join the programme. The School Rebuilding Programme investment will now total almost £20 billion from 2025-26 to 2034-35, the strategy adds.

1 week ago | tes.com | Jasmine Norden

Two multi-academy trusts are proposing to merge to create the largest primary and special school trust in England, made up of 47 academies. If approved, the plan would see Ebor Academy Trust and Nexus Multi Academy Trust come together, with a new MAT formed by September 2026. From autumn, Ebor is set to have 25 schools and one special school across York, North Yorkshire, Hull and East Riding, while Nexus will have 20 special schools and one primary across South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.

1 week ago | tes.com | Jasmine Norden

Pupils in England could lose more than 11 days of learning a year by 2100 if no measures are taken to combat global warming, the Department for Education has warned. A Met Office and UCL analysis has looked at the impact of rising temperatures on schools and pupil learning. Persistent increases in temperature affect the ability to learn, even when they remain below “extreme heat level”, the DfE said today in a summary of the analysis.

1 week ago | tes.com | Jasmine Norden

Nearly one in five teachers are aware of students using cannabis within school, a survey suggests. The NASUWT teaching union, which carried out the survey of nearly 4,000 members, warns that drug and alcohol use by students is contributing to disruptive behaviour. Of the teachers responding to the survey, 13 per cent said they were aware of students using nicotine pouches, also called “snus”, within school, 9 per cent said the same for spice, and 7 per cent said students were drinking alcohol.