News Government considers PISA tests for 5 year olds The government is considering taking part in a pilot of tablet-based tests for some of the youngest children in… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Ministers consider new ‘national selection test’ to replace 11-plus Ministers are considering a new “national selection test” to replace the 11-plus, with a ‘selective education team’ led by… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News EBacc ‘increases arts subject entries’ but teacher numbers fall The EBacc has prompted a rise in pupils taking at least one arts subject at GCSE – but the number… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Greater Manchester is seventh UTC to announce closure The Greater Manchester University Technical College (UTC) will close at the end of this year, becoming the seventh of… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Exclusive RSC Vicky Beer resigns to head new academy trust Vicky Beer, regional schools commissioner for Lancashire and West Yorkshire, is stepping down after less than a year and… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Robots should replace school receptionists, claims think tank Robots should replace hundreds of workers at the Department for Education, a think tank has suggested, claiming the government… Laura McInerney 9y Laura McInerney 9y News Schools call on MPs to fight ‘grossly unfair’ Progress 8 School leaders want MPs to fight the government’s “grossly unfair and discriminatory” Progress 8 measure that will award three… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Exclusive Department for Education indefinitely delays move to new offices The Department for Education’s plan to save £19 million a year by moving offices has been indefinitely postponed, Schools… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News More multi-academy trusts naming their own feeder primaries Multi-academy leaders are more frequently naming primary schools within their trust as feeder schools for their secondaries, despite little… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Top DfE civil servant blames poor communication for an accounting blunder The Department for Education’s top civil servant has admitted that better communication could have solved an administrative error that… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News ‘Great teaching is the opposite of what you learn in training’ The Department for Education’s former teacher in residence has claimed excellent teaching is the “direct opposite” of what he… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Two-year visa migrant teachers ease recruitment crisis Schools are increasingly opting to employ migrant teachers on strict two year-only visas. The government’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y Newer 1 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 1,015 Older
