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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y John Dickens 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y John Dickens 10y News Bousted slams ‘insane’ curriculum as she calls for joint union action An “insane” national curriculum and “test mania” are forcing teachers out of the profession and making children ill, Mary Bousted… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News ATL conference: Union will consider industrial action against academies plan after unanimous vote The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has unanimously voted to consider industrial action in response to the government’s plan to turn… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Mental health counselling campaign launches as union warns of pupil ‘stress’ A campaign for universal access to school-based counselling services will be launched by teachers today, as union leaders warn… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Lucy Powell: ‘Constant chopping and changing’ of curriculum has caused ‘impossible’ workload Ministers with “pet subjects” meddling in curriculum and creating “impossible” assessment changes would become a thing of the past… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Lord Nash: Every academy expected to set up parent council Junior schools minister Lord Nash has today announced that all academies will be expected to set up “parent councils”…. John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y News Lucy Powell: Labour will work with Conservative rebels to oppose academies plan Labour will work with back-bench Conservatives to oppose government plans to turn all schools into academies, Lucy Powell has… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 1,001 Older
