News What happened at NUT Conference today? – The delegate’s view As the National Union of Teachers hold their annual conference, Schools Week regular Emma Ann Hardy gives us the lowdown… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News NUT delegates back boycott of testing for four and five-year-olds Delegates at the National Union of Teachers’ conference have backed a motion that could lead to a boycott of… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Cash to implement infant free school meals policy is ‘not going where it is needed’ Concerns have been raised after schools with poor rates of free school meal uptake missed out on a share… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Half of all councils face ‘uphill battle’ against primary place shortfalls by 2018 Primary school pupils could outnumber places in almost 40 per cent of council areas by September 2016, the Local… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News HQ of three education organisations including Ark Schools remain closed due to central London fire The central London offices of three education organisations, including Ark Schools, remain closed this week following an electrical fire… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News RSC agrees to expansion of Redditch schools, despite MP and parent concerns A regional schools commissioner has granted permission for neighbouring academies to convert into two-tier schools – despite concerns it… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News No suggestion that tests for reception pupils are ‘traumatic’, say assessment providers Children’s author Philip Pulman is among 80 signatories to a letter published in the Guardian today urging the government… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Newspaper editor falls for April Fool’s prank: ‘I should have known – idea of transparency is just too far-fetched’ Schools Week editor Laura McInerney has said she should have known our April Fool’s day prank story was a… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News EXCLUSIVE: Leaked documents reveal new free schools to be named after politicians NB – This story was published as an April Fool’s story. Three new free schools due to open after… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News What actually happens at a teacher union conference? – The inside view. I spent six years as a teacher and never once went to a teacher union conference. In fact, the… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News NQT retention rate branded ‘dismal’ as union reveals two in five stay less than a year The “dismal” retention rate of newly-qualified teachers (NQTs) has been lamented by a union leader after figures revealed only three… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Gove’s ‘school structure experiment’ has left schools in free-fall – Bousted Michael Gove’s “great school structure experiment” has failed, and the proof is in the schools which “fall through gaps… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 918 919 920 921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 969 Older
