News SEND experts demand review of high-needs funding rules New funding rules will create a “perverse incentive” for schools to “over-identify” pupils as having special educational needs and… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News £10 million pledge for outdoor learning not enough to make a difference, warn critics A government promise to give schools £10 million to help children get “close to nature” has been given a… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Strict traditional teaching methods are ‘pushing oracy out’, says MP Traditionalist “chalk and talk” pedagogy is pushing oracy skills out of the curriculum to the detriment of poorer pupils,… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Cash-strapped specialist teacher training hubs struggle to recruit Specialist teacher training hubs set up to tackle teacher shortages in languages, physics and maths are struggling to sign… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Unions: Schools need more help with handling complaints The unions want schools to have more help to deal with complaints, after the government ended a useful customer… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Careers and Enterprise Company doubles down on employer-mentor diversity The Careers and Enterprise Company is taking a second shot at recruiting a more diverse range of employer-mentors for… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Compulsory Saturday lessons could ‘burn out’ teachers, union warns A school has made it compulsory for some pupils to come in on Saturdays to drive up GCSE results… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Selective sixth form forced to scrap grades threshold after joining trust A celebrated sixth form with top A-level results has been forced to stop kicking pupils out for low grades… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Government tsar calls energy drinks ‘child protection issue’ There are fresh moves afoot to make energy drinks illegal for anyone under 16, as one school resorts to… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Holiday hunger: Government promises research and pilot projects The government will not support a draft law to force councils to provide free meals and activities for poor… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Second wave of ‘opportunity area’ plans published: What do schools need to know? The education secretary Damian Hinds has released delivery plans for the government’s next six “opportunity areas”, after publishing the… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News DfE let two free schools rack up £2 million debts over pupil numbers Two free schools racked up almost £2 million in debt after the Department for Education repeatedly allowed them to… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y Newer 1 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 1,005 Older
