education
Maths Paper Difficulty Exceeds Calibration Controls
An A-level maths paper triggered mass complaints over elevated difficulty, exposing gaps in pre-release standardisation that affect student outcomes directly.
education
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education
Teachers Reject Three-Year 6.5% Pay as Schools Starve
Government's 6.5% teacher pay over three years provokes strike ballot amid unfunded burdens on schools. Recruitment crises worsen as real-terms pay erodes across parties, hollowing education.
SEND
SEND Rights Hinge on Transition Reviews
Labour's leaked SEND overhaul reviews legal rights for every child at school transitions, rationing support to control costs despite rights-expansion claims. This caps bipartisan neglect of vulnerable pupils.
SEND
£2.3 Billion Funds Distant School Taxis
England's £2.3bn annual school transport bill exposes absent local SEND provision, with councils proposing semantic fixes over capacity building. Taxpayers fund isolation taxis amid cross-party planning failures.
Croydon
The Great Croydon Book Dump: When Public Knowledge Becomes Pavement Litter
Council contractors in Croydon have been photographed dumping hundreds of library books onto the pavement outside the shuttered Broad Green Library, treating decades of accumulated knowledge like household rubbish. The mayor calls it "unacceptable" and promises action against the contractors. But the real story isn't about careless workers or damaged books. It's about what happens when a society stops valuing the infrastructure of literacy itself.
Politics
The VAT Raid's Real Casualties: How Labour's Education Tax Destroyed Working Class Aspiration While Handing Millions to Eton
Six months after Labour introduced VAT on private school fees, the evidence reveals a policy that has achieved the exact opposite of its stated aims. While politicians promised to fund 6,500 new state teachers by taxing elite institutions, the reality shows working class families priced out of education, state schools overwhelmed by displaced pupils, and Britain's most expensive schools claiming millions in VAT rebates.