There is "no quantified evidence" about whether threatening to close schools affects their pupils' performance, the National Audit Office says. Its report on the use of rewards and sanctions in the public sector said people believed there was an effect but those judgements were subjective...

Over one million kids aged 11 to 14 in England will get their Sats results late this year. The National Curriculum test results were due to be delivered to schools on the 8th July, but will now be delayed by at least a week. It is now hoped that the Key Stage 2 results will be published on 15th July...

Following on from an earlier report that one in 5 schools were to be told to improve or face closure, an investigation by the National Union of Teachers has revealed that of the 607 schools "named and shamed" for having less than 30% of pupils achieving at least five good GCSE's including...