News ‘Not all teachers do their best’, and 7 other things Sir Michael Wilshaw said at the Festival of Education Not all teachers are professional, and it is up to heads to identify those who don’t do their best,… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Ex-Ofsted chief Michael Wilshaw demands ban on phones in all schools The government should pass a law to ban mobile phones from all schools in England, the former chief inspector… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Spielman: Writing lines as punishment is ‘entirely appropriate’ Ofsted will focus more on pupil behaviour from next year, and headteachers who make badly behaved pupils write lines… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News FFT Education Datalab: Almost 8,000 pupils disappeared from schools last year Up to 8,000 pupils due to leave secondary school last year left before their exams and never reappeared in… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Set up ‘Teach First-style’ scheme for school mental health specialists, says report A scheme modelled on Teach First should be set up in schools to train mental health specialists to work… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Ban mobile phones to protect pupils, minister tells schools The culture secretary Matthew Hancock wants more schools to ban mobile phones in order to help protect children “in… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News The government ‘doesn’t know’ if PFI contracts offer value for money The Treasury does not know whether private finance initiative (PFI) contracts offer value for money and has no plans… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News The more disadvantaged the pupil, the less experienced their maths teacher Pupils in disadvantaged areas are more likely to be taught by inexperienced maths teachers or someone without a maths… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News NHS funding settlement poses ‘quite severe challenges’ for the DfE The government’s pledge to pump an extra £20 billion into the NHS will put pressure on the Department for… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News 40% of faith schools favour religious children of any denomination Nearly half of England’s secondary faith schools prioritise religious families – of any denomination – over the non-religious, according… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News EPI: ‘Let councils take schools back from failing MATs’ The best local authorities should be allowed to take schools back from underperforming multi-academy trusts, according to a leading… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News EPI report: Academies are no better than LA schools, and 7 other important findings There is no difference in the performance of multi-academy trusts and groups of local authority schools, a new report from… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 1,003 Older
