News Gibb digs in on primary tests after day of protests The government has refused to change primary tests in response to this week’s unprecedented parent protests, backed by tens… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Government shuns boarding school places for Syrian children More than 80 free places offered to the government by boarding schools to house and educate unaccompanied Syrian refugees… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Lancashire is fourth undersubscribed UTC to close Another of the government’s flagship University Technical Colleges has announced plans to close this summer after reporting a lack of… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News How academy conversion affects primary schools’ performance Sponsor-led primary academies improve substantially after conversion, but there is no evidence that converter academies get any better, reveals… Schools Week Reporter 9y Schools Week Reporter 9y News Wilshaw backs government over KS1 SATs Sir Michael Wilshaw has backed the government over controversial changes to key stage 1 SATs which led to thousands… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Children ‘strike’ all over England to boycott SATs Children all over England are being kept off school today, in protest at “a school system that places more importance on test… Schools Week Reporter 9y Schools Week Reporter 9y News Teaching schools face cash shortage if funding halted Teaching schools would be “severely vulnerable” if government funding were to stop, despite an expectation that many of the… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News What happened to the School Food Plan The group tasked with supporting the implementation of a £16 million school food improvement plan has shut up shop… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Heads want parent RE opt-out overturned The legal right of parents to pull their children out of religious education should be removed, headteachers have said…. Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Scrap KS1 tests and create ‘working’ baseline, says union leader A working baseline test should be introduced for reception pupils and statutory key stage 1 assessment should be “scrapped… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Russell Hobby: Heads should be ‘in the classroom, not the boardroom’ Plans to convert all schools into academies risk creating “boom times for lawyers, auditors and consultants” while teachers struggle,… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Academy chain fights for right to name feeder schools A secondary academy is fighting to give preference to children attending primary schools operated by its trust rather than… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y Newer 1 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 970 Older
