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 10y Schools Week Reporter 10y 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 10y Schools Week Reporter 10y 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 10y Nicky Phillips 10y 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 10y Nicky Phillips 10y 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 10y Nicky Phillips 10y 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 10y Nicky Phillips 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nicky Phillips 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y News Teachers fail to recognise ‘mild attention problems’ Children with mild attention problems are three months behind their peers when they leave primary school, according to a… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 871 1,015 Older
