News The key findings: Do academies get better results than local authority schools? A new report published today has delved into the data to try and determine whether academies get better results… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Schools should guide pupils to engineering careers The influence of teachers over their pupils’ career choices should be “explicitly recognised” and “actively promoted” by government in… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Primary teachers should spend less time marking maths, schools told Maths teachers should focus less on marking and more on lesson planning, the organisation that represents the subject at a… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Pupils denied mental health services for insufficiently ‘complex’ conditions Young people who miss school as a result of their mental health are being turned away from services because… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Oasis academy chief Rebecca Clark named as new regional schools commissioner The Department for Education has today appointed a new regional schools commissioner (RSC) to take over from Sir David… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Schools recruitment opens for ‘real-world’ maths teaching trial Teaching pupils “real-world” maths skills like estimating the cost of gas bills will be tested under new trials to… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Scrap national curriculum at 14 and take careers responsibility from schools, say Lords The national curriculum should be scrapped for pupils over 14 and responsibility for careers advice taken away from schools,… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Baseline tests: Government abandons progress measure over lack of comparability Controversial primary school baseline tests will not be used to track school performance, the government has announced. Following a comparability study,… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Birmingham City Council votes to reject government academy plans The country’s largest council, located in a key election battleground, has passed a motion rejecting the government’s plan to… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News School librarians report ‘books in skips’ as union urges Ofsted to inspect resources School libraries should be inspected by Ofsted, a union has ruled, as a group representing school librarians reported declining… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News ATL conference: Members back ‘super union’ talks with NUT Talks about the possible formation of a ‘super union’ between the National Union of Teachers and Association of Teachers… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Education charity pulls support services to make way for teaching schools An education charity has announced it will step away from providing school improvement services for a county council so… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y Newer 1 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 977 Older
