We fact check and explain issues about schools, teacher shortages, childcare, universities, and qualifications.
Education
The Daily Express repeated a claim made by education secretary Gillian Keegan last month about headteacher salaries, which failed to clarify the figure referred only to those in secondary schools Read
Education
Teaching union NASUWT claimed that nine in 10 of its members voted to strike. Read
We’ve looked at some of the claims made by the PM in his first speech of 2023. Read
A segment of a 1970s short film warning about the dangers of playing near electrical substations has not been banned. Read
Education
The data comes from members of the NASUWT teaching union who chose to complete its survey, so it can’t reliably tell us about the wellbeing of teachers as a whole. Read
Education
The Children’s Commissioner for England recently claimed that 80,000 to 100,000 children weren’t on any school roll. Read
Education
A recent poll found two thirds of parents of secondary school pupils were against mask wearing in classrooms, but the results may not be representative of parents generally. Read
Education
The former Conservative leader claimed that more than 90,000 pupils are now absent from school. Read
Education
The Observer has reported that only 8% of schools have received CO2 monitors, based on a meaningless Twitter poll. Read
Education
The Royal Society found that 3.5% of black academic staff working in STEM were professors, not that 3.5% of professors were black. Read
