SecEd

SecEd is committed to aiding professionals in secondary education throughout the UK. Established in April 2003 by MA Education Limited, a privately-owned publisher specializing in education and part of the Mark Allen Group, SecEd has built a strong and dedicated audience through its various print and digital offerings, as well as its events.

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Parents pay £2,300 a year to send their child to secondary school - SecEd

1 week ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Pete Henshaw

A research study looking at the minimum families need to spend for their child to attend and participate in school has revealed just how much costs have risen in the last two to three years.
Tens of thousands of students to get GCSE results via new Education Record app this summer - SecEd

1 week ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Pete Henshaw

The young people will be given access to a new “Education Record” app which will store their full educational records. It is aimed at cutting the need for paper files and things like hard copy examination certificates when students leave school or college. The scheme will be trialled with more than 95,000 young people in Greater Manchester and the West Midlands, who will receive their GCSE results via the app this summer.
Teachers report student-on-student sexual assaults in their schools - SecEd

1 week ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Pete Henshaw

A research report from the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) is calling for urgent prevention work in schools, including the appointment of a dedicated lead professional to prevent violence against women and girls. There is also a need, the YEF says, for staff training, including to deliver effective relationships, health and sex education (RSHE).
SEND crisis: ‘We are not fulfilling EHCP provision as we do not have the resources’ - SecEd

1 week ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Pete Henshaw

A survey of 873 school leaders working in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has also revealed that 94% of school leaders are finding it harder year-on-year to meet the needs of SEND pupils. And 98% say they do not have enough resources to meet the needs of all the SEND pupils in their schools.
Slow and steady: School attendance continues to improve - SecEd

2 weeks ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Pete Henshaw

Attendance figures for the spring term 2025 show that absence in secondary schools stands at 8.7% – of which 3.3% was unauthorised absence. Persistent absence, meanwhile – students who miss at least 10% of school – is running at 24.5%. While the figures continue to be notably above pre-pandemic levels, progress is being made year-on-year. The figures compare to the spring term 2024 when absence stood at 9.2% (of which 3.6% was unauthorised). Persistent absence a year ago stood at 26.5%.
The 6,500 teacher recruitment pledge may not be enough - SecEd

2 weeks ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Pete Henshaw

Recruitment & Retention Workload Teaching staff Early Career Teachers A delivery plan is urgently needed setting out how the Department for Education means to achieve its pledge to recruit 6,500 teachers by the end of this Parliament, the National Audit Office has said.
Young girls withdrawing from online life due to ‘nudification’ deepfake threat - SecEd

2 weeks ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Pete Henshaw

A report from the Children’s Commissioner reveals how young people – especially girls – are now withdrawing from online life, afraid that their images will be taken and manipulated using such technologies. Dame Rachel de Souza is calling for “a total ban” on apps that allow users to create deepfake sexually explicit images, saying that “there is no positive reason for these to exist”.
Unions call for action on teacher workload and student behaviour - SecEd

2 weeks ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Pete Henshaw

A majority of teachers say they are stressed at work most of the time and find themselves unable to switch off when at home, with many working evenings and weekends, according to findings from the National Education Union (NEU). A majority of teachers say their work has negatively affected their mental health and that work-related stress is getting worse year-on-year – with 8 in 10 reporting trouble sleeping due to work, according to findings from the NASUWT.
Classroom consequences that address the impact of disadvantage on student outcomes - SecEd

2 weeks ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Matt Bromley

Equity in the education system has never been more important. We live in an increasingly unequal, fractured society, and schools, as microcosms of that society, are becoming increasingly unequal, fractured institutions. Schools cannot solve all of society’s ills, of course, and nor should they be expected to, but they can do more to ensure a child’s birth is not their destiny.
Half of schools using Pupil Premium to plug budget gaps - SecEd

1 month ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Pete Henshaw

A third of schools are also cutting back on teaching staff and three-quarters are cutting teaching assistants in a bid to balance their books. The survey findings from the National Foundation for Educational Research and commissioned by the Sutton Trust show the extent to which schools are struggling to make ends meet – with secondary schools seemingly suffering the most. The survey involved 1,208 teachers and school leaders across primary and secondary schools.