News Teachers report ‘inadequate’ algebra grasp among A-level maths students Students embarking on maths A-level programmes often have an inadequate grasp of algebra, a survey of teachers has revealed…. Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News Force all schools to become academies by 2020, demands Policy Exchange All schools in England should be forced to become academies in the next five years, the right-leaning thinktank Policy… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News First edition review with Laura McInerney and Sam Freedman Sam Freedman, director of research, evaluation and impact at Teach First and former adviser to Michael Gove, joined deputy… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Childcare, qualified teachers, the forgotten 50% – Hunt’s policy pillars for 2015 Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt today outlined his three key campaign pillars as Labour heads into its general election… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News UTCs struggled to reach 30 per cent capacity last year Recruitment across the 17 University Technical Colleges (UTCs) averaged around 30 per cent in 2013/14, it has been revealed. An investigation by… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News School performance project worth £24m ‘not the right time’ says DfE Plans to display school performance data on one platform have been shelved by the Department for Education (DfE). The… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News, Politics Ark to pilot ‘Professional Pathways’ Schools Reform Minister Nick Gibb (pictured above) attended the launch of three new sixth forms which are to pilot… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News EXCLUSIVE: Secondary opens with 17 pupils ‘Near empty’ free school in South West London opens on land bought by government for £18m A free school has… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Bradford ‘destitute’ pupils missing out on extra cash Yorkshire schools are missing out on at least £650,000 pupil premium funding with foreign children ineligible for free school… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Letter exposes U-turn on AET outsourcing The Department for Education (DfE) appears to have made a U-turn on its involvement in a plan by the… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Free schools ‘creaking’ property search system should be given to professionals, says charity boss The government should consider handing over responsibility for finding new school sites to property companies, the head of a… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News MPs call for nursery schools to become academies Two MPs are calling on the Department for Education (DfE) to consider allowing nursery schools to become academies. In… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Newer 1 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 Older Must read Covid Exclusive DfE threatened with legal action over ‘unlawful’ Covid attendance rules The government is being threatened with legal action if it fails to update attendance guidance for vulnerable children and… James Carr 12mo James Carr 12mo Covid Academy trusts’ cash stash rises to £3bn despite pandemic pressures Academy trusts boosted their reserves and surpluses last year despite the upheaval of Covid, official figures show. New Department… Tom Belger 1y Tom Belger 1y