News Corbyn 4-day bank holiday pledge ‘includes teachers’ A pledge by Jeremy Corbyn to give workers an additional four national holidays per year will reduce the school… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News DfE to underwrite salary for free school ‘heads in waiting’ – and could even employ them in department The Department for Education has published a pledge to support the founding of new free schools by underwriting the… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Ofqual ditches plans to regulate ‘easy’ and ‘hard’ subjects Exams regulator Ofqual is no longer seeking to harmonise the number of pupils achieving top grades across different subjects… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News RSC Tim Coulson resigns to head Samuel Ward Academy Trust Regional schools commissioner Tim Coulson is stepping down from the role to head up a multi-academy trust – leaving… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Corbyn promises to halt rise of ‘super-size’ classes in latest Labour schools pledge Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that children are being “crammed in classrooms like sardines” and pledged to keep class sizes down… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Phonics boosts reading accuracy, study finds Phonics has a “dramatic impact” on the accuracy of reading aloud and comprehension, researchers have claimed. A study, published… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Grammar schools white paper won’t be published until after election Ministers will not publish the grammar schools white paper until after the snap general election on June 8, despite… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Academy chain shortage in the north, while south prospers There aren’t enough good academy sponsors ready to take over the number of failing schools in Lancashire and West… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Corbyn accuses May of ‘broken promises’ over school funding Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the government of “broken promises” over school funding in the first Prime Minister’s Questions… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News PISA wellbeing tables 2017: UK pupils among unhappiest in the world Pupils in UK schools are among the unhappiest in the world, a major new study that has compared countries… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Pupils are less confident in countries with selective schools, OECD finds Pupils have lower expectations and feel less confident in education systems with selective schools, a new international report into… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News First-choice primary school places increase in high-demand areas Councils expecting the biggest rise in demand for primary school places have managed to offer more youngsters their first choice… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y Newer 1 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 979 Older