Education

14 July 2021

Nine in 10 girls did not say they’d been sent explicit images

Maria Miller is the latest person to misinterpret Ofsted’s survey on abuse in schools

6 July 2021

Why school testing data doesn’t tell the whole story

Data is based on tests reported and so excludes the many tests taken but not reported.

30 June 2021

How common is sexual abuse in schools?

An Ofsted survey did not show that 90% of girls experienced it, although it does appear to be a common problem, from other evidence.

29 June 2021

Pandemic school attendance: fact checked

The Centre for Social Justice has described around 93,000 pupils as “severely absent” in the 2020 autumn term.

3 June 2021

Telegraph columnist wrongly claims literacy at the lowest level in UK history

A Telegraph article was wrong to say literacy was at its lowest level in history, and that every international league table puts the UK near bottom for literacy and numeracy. Neither is true.

15 January 2021

We don’t know whether teachers are more likely to catch Covid

Claims that infections among teachers are up to 333% above the average use incomparable datasets

8 December 2020

School funding hasn’t increased by £5k per pupil

The Conservative Party has made incorrect claims about education spending on social media.

5 November 2020

What does the new lockdown mean for childcare in England?

Our readers have asked us how the new lockdown rules affect childcare.

5 November 2020

Fact-checking claims on coronavirus transmission in schools

Our readers have asked us to look into claims made by the NEU and Skwawkbox about Covid-19 transmission in schools.

4 September 2020

Reopening universities will almost certainly not cause 50,000 deaths

This assumes that every student in the UK catches Covid-19 this autumn, and that nothing is done to stop it

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Nine in 10 girls did not say they’d been sent explicit images

Why school testing data doesn’t tell the whole story

How common is sexual abuse in schools?

Pandemic school attendance: fact checked

Telegraph columnist wrongly claims literacy at the lowest level in UK history

We don’t know whether teachers are more likely to catch Covid

School funding hasn’t increased by £5k per pupil

What does the new lockdown mean for childcare in England?

Fact-checking claims on coronavirus transmission in schools

Reopening universities will almost certainly not cause 50,000 deaths

Full Fact fights bad information