News Children do better if their family attends parents’ evenings Pupils score three points higher in verbal reasoning tests if they have a parent who attends parents’ evenings, research… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Performance-related pay costs too much for excellent schools, says CEO Headteachers in the best schools can be “disincentivised” to strive for top grades because they do not have enough… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News £1.3bn extra funding is ‘just a sticking plaster’, MPs warn The government stands accused of offering schools a “sticking plaster” by “robbing Peter to pay Paul” after it announced… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Free schools and healthy pupil scheme suffer under £1.3 billion funding boost The education secretary has pledged to deliver free schools in a more “cost-effective” manner so she can divert savings… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Justine Greening pledges additional £1.3 billion for school funding Justine Greening has announced £1.3 billion of additional funding for schools over the next two years – promising to… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Lucy Powell joins two teachers in education committee line-up The former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell has been elected to serve on the education select committee alongside two… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Homework contracts raise standards, report claims Schools should establish homework contracts with parents to set out everyone’s responsibilities in making sure it gets done, according… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Revealed: Sub-regional improvement boards set up to advise RSCs The government has brought local authorities back into the fold as part of new “sub-regional improvement boards” set up… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Education has ‘done nothing’ to improve social mobility Education has “not done anything” to improve social mobility and has made inequality worse, according to the education economist… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Sheffield school to sack TAs then rehire as ‘teaching fellows’ A primary school in Sheffield wants to sack the majority of its teaching assistants before rehiring them as “fellows”… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Labour MP Emma Hardy elected to education select committee Emma Hardy, Labour MP for Hull West and Hessle, has been elected to sit on the education select committee… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Academy in shadow of Grenfell could stay shut until Easter The school just yards from the Grenfell Tower blaze in west London will start the next academic year in… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 1,011 Older
