News Nicky Morgan: Schools must consult on admissions every 4 years Education secretary Nicky Morgan has announced a package of school admissions reforms, including a reduction in the time between… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News How do you pronounce ‘cear’? Funny phonics leaves blogger baffled Parents and professionals have been left baffled by a list of nonsensical words in a phonics book with no… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Government report reveals dire free school stats in south west England Fears about the quality of free schools in some parts of England have been raised after government statistics showed… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Cross-party MPs recommend more teacher training on Holocaust lessons A cross-party committee of MPs has warned the government that too few history teachers are being trained to teach lessons… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Schools ‘manipulate’ predicted grades, leading head claims The head of Watford Grammar School for Girls said she would let girls “choose” their predicted A-level grades if… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Cancelled Building Schools for the Future linked to worse GCSE results Pupil performance fell at schools where the coalition government cancelled new school buildings, new research has shown. But it… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News ‘Dog’s breakfast’ of primary assessment is increasing teacher workload Constant changes by the government to assessment arrangements for this year’s end-of-primary key stage tests are a “dog’s breakfast”… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News EXCLUSIVE: Ark’s new ‘Assembly’ service seeks to help edu-tech start ups Successful academy chain Ark is launching a new cloud-based service today to break open the market for start-up education… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Primary schools ‘disapply’ up to third of pupils from their official statistics Schools are having up to a third of their pupils’ key stage 2 (KS2) results removed from the published… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News EXCLUSIVE: Cambridge university secret briefing over new admissions tests The University of Cambridge held a secret briefing for selected teachers this week over its plans to bring back… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News 1,234 or 1 234? Primary pupils must interpret commas in new maths tests The humble comma, often misused in written language, will make its mark in maths tests this year, causing potential problems… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News BETT Day Two: Ofsted ‘can’t check’ filtering of radicalisation websites; unaffordable ICT; and ‘fairy godfather’ experts. Education secretary Nicky Morgan said last month all schools will be required to protect children from harm online… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y Newer 1 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 977 Older