Eleanor Busby
@eleanorbusby.bsky.social
Education Correspondent at PA
Reposted by Eleanor Busby
Today is my first day at PA, where I'll be covering as education correspondent while @eleanorbusby.bsky.social is on maternity leave! Drop me a line on jasmine.norden@pa.media
August 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Today is my first day at PA, where I'll be covering as education correspondent while @eleanorbusby.bsky.social is on maternity leave! Drop me a line on jasmine.norden@pa.media
My exclusive interview with Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social ahead of A-level results day for @pamedia.bsky.social via: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Phillipson vows to tackle ‘thorny’ challenge facing white working-class pupils
The Education Secretary has called it is a ‘national disgrace’ that so many young people do not get what they need to progress after leaving school.
www.independent.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
My exclusive interview with Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social ahead of A-level results day for @pamedia.bsky.social via: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
My interview with Ucas chief Jo Saxton and @pamedia.bsky.social analysis of clearing places ahead of A-level results day picked up here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More teens to get their choice of uni even if they miss their grades, says Ucas
A record number of 18-year-olds will get into their first choice, even if they miss their grades.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
My interview with Ucas chief Jo Saxton and @pamedia.bsky.social analysis of clearing places ahead of A-level results day picked up here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My exclusive investigation into requests for summer-born children to start school a year later for @pamedia.bsky.social via: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Parents of summer-born children face ‘unfair’ postcode lottery in school admissions
Some families who do not want their child to start primary school almost a year younger than some of their classmates
www.independent.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
My exclusive investigation into requests for summer-born children to start school a year later for @pamedia.bsky.social via: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Former culture secretary Lord Chris Smith has been elected as new chancellor of Cambridge University www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Former culture secretary Lord Chris Smith elected as Cambridge chancellor
More than 23,000 alumni and staff from the university voted online for the first time to elect the new chancellor.
www.standard.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Former culture secretary Lord Chris Smith has been elected as new chancellor of Cambridge University www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
"The rising popularity of Spanish as a choice for GCSE probably reflects the fact that many young people may be more familiar with the Spanish language, because of the popularity of Spain, the Balearics and Canary Islands as holiday destinations, than they are with French and German."
Spanish overtakes French as most popular foreign language GCSE, figures suggest
Ofqual has published the provisional number of entries for GCSEs, AS and A-levels in England for this summer’s exam series.
www.independent.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"The rising popularity of Spanish as a choice for GCSE probably reflects the fact that many young people may be more familiar with the Spanish language, because of the popularity of Spain, the Balearics and Canary Islands as holiday destinations, than they are with French and German."