News Plans for global teacher QTS skills test centres shelved Plans to open worldwide test centres for would-be teachers have been halted — while candidate numbers have dwindled in… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Questions over £1m ‘tutor-proof’ 11-plus tests Durham University has earned at least £1 million for 11-plus tests brought in by local authorities to diversify grammar… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Schools cancel trips to France – but may struggle to recoup costs Headteachers are facing an anxious wait as they start discussions with travel operators to recoup the costs of abandoned… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Baseline assessments ‘good enough for what we need’, says CEM provider The reliability and accuracy of two reception baseline providers, whose tests will hold schools to account for pupil progress,… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News DfE ditches controversial academy brokers for ‘education advisors’ The controversial reign of academy brokers, paid up to £1,000 a day by the government to convince headteachers to… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Two-year ‘apprenticeship’ for new teachers suggested by academics New teachers should undertake a two-year “apprenticeship” before becoming fully qualified, academics suggest. Arguing for the move in a… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Teacher trainee limits leave applicants out in the cold Chaotic, shambolic and unethical – three words used to describe the government’s newly imposed cap on university teacher training… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News What is going on with teacher training? Teacher training is a hot topic. Teaching unions, headteachers and academics keep saying the profession is facing a crisis; yet… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Sixth form colleges allowed to become academies Sixth-form colleges will be able to become academies and join multi-academy trusts under plans announced on Wednesday. Following a… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Don’t rush national schools funding formula, warn unions Academies will lose tens of thousands of pounds and support services in council-maintained schools will dwindle as the government… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Bomb scare closes two Norwich schools Two Norwich schools run by the Inspiration Trust had to close today after a bomb threat. Police are investigating… John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y News National funding formula could create ‘significant numbers’ of winners and losers, IFS warns The implementation of a national funding formula for schools could create “significant numbers” of winners and losers or lead to… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 975 Older
