Research Briefing
Sexual harassment in schools
Concerns have been raised about sexual harassment in English schools. This paper provides information on the requirements on schools, and discusses relevant recent developments.
Research Briefing
Concerns have been raised about sexual harassment in English schools. This paper provides information on the requirements on schools, and discusses relevant recent developments.
Research Briefing
Gives a short, non-technical overview of school funding levels and funding mechanisms in England.
Research Briefing
The main recent policy developments regarding school meals in England, including the revised school food standards and provision of free school meals.
Research Briefing
This briefing provides background on, and explains the aims of, the Down Syndrome Bill 2021-22. Commons report stage is scheduled for 4 February 2022.
Research Briefing
This briefing paper considers suicide prevention policies and strategies throughout the UK. It outlines national and local approaches to prevention policy in some key policy areas.
Research Briefing
Covers applying for school places in England. Updated in light of the pandemic, and the revised school admissions code in force since September 2021.
Insight
There are around 9,500 schools which in 2022-23 could have real term declines in total per pupil funding.
Research Briefing
This House of Commons Library briefing paper looks at the requirements on schools, colleges and universities in England to provide careers guidance, the quality of the advice provided, and also the organisations working to provide careers advice.
Debate Pack
There will be a debate in Westminster Hall on 1 December 2021 on Introducing a Natural History GCSE. Caroline Ansell MP will open this debate.
Research Briefing
Concerns are regularly raised about the cost of school uniform - this briefing introduces the rules and recent reforms in England, and sets out the support available for school uniform costs across the UK.
Research Briefing
This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper provides information on the recruitment and retention of teachers in England, including the Government's recently published Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy. It also gives an overview of attempts to reduce teacher workload.
Research Briefing
Provides background on Ofsted inspections of state-funded schools in England. Updated for Autumn 2021 term.
Debate Pack
A debate on International Men's Day will take place in Westminster Hall on Thursday 25th November 2021, from 1:30pm. Nick Fletcher and Philip Davies MP will open the debate.
Research Briefing
Education spending peaked in around 2010 at 5.5% of GDP or £104 billion (2019-20 prices). It has fallen since then, but how much of this is due to changes to definitions, where does this leave the UK compared to other countries and how does this fall in spending compare to others over the past seven decades?
Research Briefing
An overview of the Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill currently before Parliament, and related issues.
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