News EEF: Teacher research engagement strategies are ineffective Teachers need “structured and intensive support” to engage with new research if outcomes are to improve, according to new… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Schools are streaming the youngest children by phonics ability Schools are using phonics to divide primary classes into ability streams – and pupils born in summer are paying… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Rampant ability grouping in primary is ‘necessary evil’ Testing pressures are forcing primary school teachers to group their pupils by ability, even when they don’t believe it… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Government pledges £45 million to ‘fully embed’ SEND reforms The government has announced a £45 million pot to support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, with the… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Bright Tribe to give up struggling Whitehaven Academy Bright Tribe academy trust is to give up Whitehaven Academy in Cumbria, following intense pressure from school staff and… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Teaching apprenticeship grant funding only available in ‘priority subjects’ (including classics) Schools will receive grants to help them pay for new teaching apprenticeships, but only to cover teachers in certain… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News The day of data: What we learned from a deluge of government statistics and announcements Government departments and parliamentary bodies have this morning published a series of announcements, statistical datasets and reports. Here is… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Nick Gibb responds to MPs on grammar schools Nick Gibb has written the government’s response to a parliamentary committee of MPs who investigated the plans for grammar… Laura McInerney 8y Laura McInerney 8y News Government misses teacher training targets in all EBacc subjects except history The government has failed to train enough teachers for any Ebacc subjects except for history, official statistics have revealed…. Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ofsted statistics shake-up will drop ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rate by 2% Ofsted wants to change the way it presents statistics about school inspections, including re-adding the past grades of turnaround… Laura McInerney 8y Laura McInerney 8y News Ofqual reports 26% rise in exam papers modified for access Ofqual has recorded a dramatic 26-per-cent increase in the proportion of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers that were adapted… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Resits in GCSE English language rise by a third after first year of reformed exams The number of students resitting the English language GCSE has risen by almost a third in the first year… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Newer 1 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 979 Older
