News University access gap between poor pupils and their peers widens The gap between poor pupils and their richer peers gaining a place at university has increased, a new study… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Just 1 in 6 schools has character education plan despite £10m funding Fewer than one in six schools have formal plans in place to build character in pupils, despite nearly £10… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Giving schools extra money only boosts attainment by a ‘fraction’, DfE study finds Handing schools extra money only boosts the attainment of pupils by a “fraction”, a new Department for Education (DfE)… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Opportunity areas exclude regions where attainment gap grows fastest, EPI finds The government’s ‘opportunity areas’ fail to include regions where the gap in attainment between the poorest pupils and their… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Schools avoid budget cuts for A-level drop-outs Schools teaching new decoupled A-levels will avoid being hit by budget cuts if their student drops out before completing… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Toby Young’s flagship academy trust ditches ‘free school’ from its name An academy trust set up by the long-standing free school advocate Toby Young has changed its name, dropping the… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Neil Carmichael takes job at political lobbying firm PLMR Neil Carmichael, the former chair of the education select committee who lost his seat as an MP at the… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Ethnically mixed schools boost integration, but the lunchtime divide still exists Pupils have less “anxiety” towards peers from other ethnic groups when they are taught in mixed schools, a government… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News RSC to take ‘unprecedented’ decision on whether a primary can leave its trust A regional schools commissioner is about to make an “unprecedented” decision on whether a primary school can voluntarily quit… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Free school that omits arts and humanities rated ‘inadequate’ A free school in Newcastle that does not teach humanities, arts or foreign languages has been branded ‘inadequate’ by… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Dropping practicals from science A-level grades gets mixed response, says Ofqual report The reformed science A-levels could be driving higher-ability pupils away from practicals, after mandatory experiments were dropped from the… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Unions: DfE must ‘fully fund’ schools to offer higher pay rises Five teaching unions have urged the government to fund pay rises and reject the recent recommendation by the School… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y Newer 1 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 1,002 Older
