News Five new UTCs open after a spate of closures over the summer Five new university technical colleges (UTCs) have opened their doors this month, including one that was so popular it… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Poor pupils eschew music and sports clubs for more core tuition Poorer pupils are missing out on music and sports clubs because they have to spend more time trying to… Laura McInerney 8y Laura McInerney 8y News Children prefer teachers who build relationships, research shows Children studying in alternative provision favour teachers who they think teach well, according to new research, a perception which… Laura McInerney 8y Laura McInerney 8y News Revealed: The academy chains that shared £30m growth funding Hundreds of academy chains that received a slice of a £30 million fund to help them expand have been… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News New technical awards in disarray after government rejects 9 of 10 Just one of the 10 new technical qualifications developed for 14- to 16-year-olds has been signed off by the… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Teacher recruitment worries deepen after Brexit immigration plan leaked A leaked government plan for post-Brexit immigration has revealed tougher rules which, if implemented, will worsen the current teacher… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Too few reception pupils are ready for school, heads claim The vast majority of headteachers do not believe their reception pupils are “school-ready”, according to a survey by the… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Parental backlash forces academy trust to abandon school closure England’s largest academy chain has abandoned plans to close a town’s only secondary school after a backlash from parents…. Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News One in 10 Kent schools don’t have a headteacher A tenth of Kent schools have been forced to begin the new academic year without a headteacher in place,… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Former head guilty of £100,000 fraud and having sex in school A former academy headteacher who defrauded his school of £100,000, had sex in his office and drank alcohol in… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Top universities reluctant to sponsor struggling schools The UK’s most prestigious universities are turning down chances to sponsor struggling schools through the government’s academies programme, research… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Mixed-ability classes barely exist in schools, researchers find Teaching pupils in mixed-ability groups is so unpopular that researchers struggled to find enough examples to complete a recent… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y Newer 1 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 1,008 Older
