News Booming private tuition stretches attainment gap The burgeoning private tuition market, now worth up to £2 billion a year, is stretching the attainment gap between… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Ofqual confirms new method for allocating top GCSE grades Ofqual has confirmed it will adopt a new “fairer” approach to GCSE top grades after its proposed method won the… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News 5 things we learned from the education committee’s MATs hearing The House of Commons education committee has spent the morning grilling academics, think tank leaders and faith school bosses… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Academy results boost ‘tapers away to zero’, study finds Improvements in schools’ results after they become sponsored academies cannot be attributed to the actions of their sponsors, a… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Grammar schools: Does photographed document reveal government plans? The government is under pressure to clarify its plans for new grammar schools after a memo photographed in Downing… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Schools should be ‘positive about masculinity’, claims Conservative MP Schools should be “positive about masculinity” and not try to “make boys something they are not”, a Conservative MP… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Former schools minister and ex-Ofsted chair to advise New Schools Network The former schools minister David Laws and ex-Ofsted chair Sally Morgan are among 16 new appointments to the New Schools… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Wilshaw: Return to grammar schools a ‘profoundly retrograde step’ Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has taken aim at government plans to lift the ban on new grammar schools… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News NUT ‘can envisage’ strikes this term The new leader of the National Union of Teachers has said he “can envisage” further walk-outs by teachers this term… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News New test for 18,000 Year 11 pupils to make GCSE grading more accurate The new national reference tests will go-ahead and be taken for the first time by roughly 18,000 students in… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Exclusive Councils launch investigation after KS2 results show worrying trend Councils will team up to investigate large gaps between their pupils’ key stage 2 writing and reading results amid… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Independent schools ‘uneasy’ as employers urged to ask job applicants for education background Independent schools have challenged a leading government commission after it called on employers to collect data on the educational… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y Newer 1 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 984 Older