News Damian Hinds: 4 things we learned from the new education secretary’s first interviews Damian Hinds has given his first two major interviews since he was appointed as education secretary on January 8…. Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News ‘Cautious’ teachers need social media support from schools A lack of support from schools is making teachers “cautious” about blogging and using social media, an academic has… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Schools urged to ignore ‘dangerous’ gender guidance Schools are being urged to ignore “dangerous” new guidance on pupils’ gender from a pressure group. Transgender Trend, an… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Government faces second judicial review over pupil data collection The Department for Education faces its second legal challenge over the data it collects on school pupils. Months after… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Times-tables tests for 8 and 9-year-olds to start at 290 primary schools next month Trials of a new times-tables test for year 4 pupils will begin at around 290 primary schools from next… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News ESFA ‘to blame’ for rescinded school application The government’s education funding arm “significantly contributed to the failure” of a new secondary school that had its planning… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News SENCO Forum finally fixed three months after DfE error The National SENCO Forum is finally up and running again, in full almost three months after it was accidentally… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive QTS rule change means 9,000 prospective teachers can retake skills test At least 9,000 prospective teachers barred from training after failing a skills test three times will be able to… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News QTS skills test: Lock-out period and retake charges scrapped The government is to scrap the controversial lock-out period that currently prevents would-be teachers from retaking the QTS skills… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Teachers need proper sex education training, warn experts External speakers should not be used as substitutes for trained teachers under plans to make sex and relationships education… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Teacher workload crisis threatens examiner recruitment Teacher workload and reforms to GCSEs and A-levels are affecting examiner recruitment. Union officials, school leaders and examiners have… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News REVEALED: The local authorities with the biggest staffing cuts Secondary schools have lost more than 15,000 members of staff over the last three years, but teacher-to-pupil ratios have… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y Newer 1 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 985 Older