Schools

• Whitehall cuts result in ‘lost generation’ of deaf children

  England’s deaf children are falling a whole grade behind their hearing class mates despite deafness not being a learning disability, a charity has warned.

  

• Council rolls scooters out in bid to tackle pollution

  Children in Leeds will soon be travelling to school on scooters instead of in cars as part of the council’s push to clean up the city’s air.

  

• MSPs urge councils to provide free music lessons

  Local authorities have been urged not to charge for music tuition in schools, in a new report published by MSPs.

  

• Cash-strapped school launches £20,000 crowdfunding campaign

  A Worcestershire school has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £20,000 in order to supplement its ‘squeezed’ budget.

  

• Education watchdog calls time on ‘teaching to the test'

  Ofsted says it is moving away from its focus on performance data as the watchdog launches a consultation on proposals for changes to its inspection framework.

  

• Nearly one in three council-run secondary schools are in the red

  Almost one in three local authority maintained secondary schools were in a financial deficit in 2017-18, new research has revealed.

  

• Academy chains perform ‘below average’ for disadvantaged pupils

  Two-thirds of academy chains perform below average for disadvantaged pupils, according to new research.

  

• New mental health teams set to support 500,000 children

  Half a million children and young people are set to benefit from new mental health support teams, secretary of state for health and social care has announced.

  

• Early learning gap widens in 50% of council areas

  The early learning gap between children in poverty and their peers has widened in half of the local authority areas in England, children’s charity reveals.

  

• Teachers warn of ‘Dickensian’ levels of poverty

  Teachers have warned they are seeing increasing levels of 'Dickensian' poverty among children in their classrooms.