News Unions demand 5% pay rise for teachers ahead of autumn budget Leading education union figures have joined forces to demand a 5 per cent pay rise for teachers from 2018,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News ‘Mistrust’ between councils and residential special schools is harming pupils A “striking level of mistrust” between residential special schools and councils isolates them from the rest of the education… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News WCAT can’t keep its schools’ reserves, and 4 other things we learned from education questions Justine Greening and her ministerial team faced questions from MPs in the House of Commons this afternoon. Here are… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Academy trust CEO Ian Bauckham to advise government on sex education The government has appointed Ian Bauckham, a former headteacher and president of the Association of School and College leaders,… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News First for-profit free school rated ‘good’ by Ofsted Ofsted has praised “inspirational leadership” at the first free school in England to be run by a for-profit company,… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Exclusive Government investigates recruitment agency cold calls to teachers Teachers are being targeted by “unprofessional” cold calls from recruitment agencies during school hours – and the government has… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Exclusive Schools turn to new IT course in droves after ECDL scrapped The number of schools offering a level two IT qualification has shot up after teachers have turned to the… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Cognitive science needs ‘fair scepticism’ Teachers need to be sceptical about applying popular but “untested” cognitive science theories to education, a panel of experts… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Study takes pictures of packed lunches to tackle obesity A study into using so-called “nudge theory” to encourage parents to pack healthier lunches for primary school students will… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Exclusive Teaching assistants allowed to gain QTS through assessment-only route The number of teachers qualifying through a 12-week “assessment-only” route is rising, fuelling fears that providers are letting applicants… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News 65% of special free schools are for autism Autism-specific free schools are continuing to dominate new special free school approvals, with more than half of those in… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: DfE last changed grammar school response in June — but still refuses to publish The Department for Education is still refusing to publish the response to its consultation on grammar schools, even though… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y Newer 1 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 979 Older
