News Researcher: A private tutoring tax ‘would level grammar school playing field’ A leading education researcher wants a new tax on private tutoring services, to help “level the playing field” for… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Education committee wants reform of social mobility commission MPs have told the government to beef up its social mobility commission and appoint a “minister for social justice”… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Nine in 10 heads are headed for an ‘unmanageable’ budget deficit More than 90 per cent of headteachers expect their schools to rack up an unmanageable budget deficit in the… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Damian Hinds dodges education committee’s questions on MAT inspections Damian Hinds faced his first interrogation by the parliamentary education committee this morning. He used the opportunity not to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Ofqual cracks down on exam board reviewers’ marking changes Ofqual was “especially disappointed” by the extent to which exam boards changed grades last year, and ensuring it doesn’t… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Teachers are ‘happy with pay’ despite real-terms drop Most teachers remain happy with their income, despite a real-terms drop in pay and longer working hours in recent… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Beef up SATs security to avoid maladministration claims, government tells schools Headteachers are being urged to have two members of staff check deliveries of SATs papers when they arrive at… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News 92 schools are waiting for a sponsor, and 4 other things we learned at education questions MPs spent over an hour grilling the education secretary and his ministers in Parliament this afternoon. Damian Hinds answered… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Email bomb threats: How should schools respond? Hundreds of schools across the country have been evacuated today, after receiving bomb threats by email. The threats, which… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News NUT spent £326k on general election campaign The National Union of Teachers spent more than £326,000 on campaigning in the run-up to last year’s general election…. Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Two charities to run breakfast clubs in 1,775 schools from the spring Two charities, Family Action and Magic Breakfast, have been chosen to deliver breakfast clubs in around 1,775 schools from… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News UK teacher wins $1m Global Teacher Prize London teacher, Andria Zafirakou, has been announced as the recipient of this year’s Global Teacher Prize. She was crowned the… Shane Mann 7y Shane Mann 7y Newer 1 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 979 Older