News Heads can’t condone SATs boycott, but parent fines unlikely Plans by parents to keep pupils away from primary schools on Tuesday in protest against the government’s testing regime… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Heads must decide on May 3 ‘protest’ absences Headteachers must decide whether they will record pupil absences related to parent protests over this summer’s SATs as authorised or not. A petition… Schools Week Reporter 9y Schools Week Reporter 9y News £2m announced for research into marking strategies Schools and academy trusts have been encouraged to apply for funding to run trials into effective marking strategies, as the… Schools Week Reporter 9y Schools Week Reporter 9y News Ditched primary SATs will still set standards Primary schools that carried out a now-defunct key stage 1 test must still provide their results to the government… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Free schools ‘socially select’ pupils, research suggests Free schools have substantially fewer free school meals pupils and significantly more able children than other schools in their… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Can you predict Ofsted ratings? The two most extreme Ofsted grades of “inadequate” and “outstanding” are being dished out on the whims of inspectors,… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Teacher training place allocations metric ‘biased’ The allocation of teacher training places could be subject to new metrics that have been described by an advocate… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News NAHT conference: Heads demand end to ‘chaotic and distracting’ testing regime Schools cannot face another year of “chaotic and distracting” assessment changes, headteachers have warned as they prepare to gather… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Sports facilities in independent schools shame state sector Figures released by the Independent Schools Council (ISC) in its latest annual report reveal that private schools have almost… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Morgan: Academy trusts without ‘strong track record’ can’t have more schools Academy trusts that cannot demonstrate a “strong track record” in improving schools will not be allowed to take on… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Textbooks should be here to stay, says exam expert The best teachers are those who are “the most supportive of textbooks”, a leading exam expert has claimed after… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Poor pupils twice as likely to have unqualified teachers Poor pupils are twice as likely to have unqualified teachers as their richer peers, suggests research using data from… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y Newer 1 847 848 849 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 1,001 Older
